Re: 3.6 Feature: Lock Screen

[Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maciej Marcin Piechotka" <uzytkownik2 gmail com>
> To: "Shaun McCance" <shaunm gnome org>
> Cc: desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:57:51 AM
> Subject: Re: 3.6 Feature: Lock Screen
>
> On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 21:04 -0400, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 18:38 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'd like to propose a new lock screen as a 3.6 feature. The new
> > > lock screen will
> > >
> > > - be styled to have a uniform look and feel as the rest of GNOME
> > > Shell
> > > - be visually consistent with the look of the authentication
> > > components on the login screen
> > > - have a limited number of status icons displayed
> > > - show an indication that there are notifications or show the
> > > notifications themselves depending on the user’s preferences
> > > - allow user authentication with a password, pin, fingerprint, or
> > > smartcard
> > >
> > > The designs for the lock screen are available here:
> > > https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ScreenLock
> >
> > I *love* the idea of showing notifications and allowing control of
> > media playback. It's something I've wanted for a very, very long
> > time.
> >
>
> +1
>
> > But I share Bhaavan's concern with having to physically drag the
> > screen up. It's very cumbersome with a mouse. And aside from being
> > inconvenient, without keyboard-only use it's not accessible.
> >
>
> Random thought - maybe the unlock should happen on enter as you can
> log
> in on gdm?
>
> Also - will the scroll from bottom be used in gdm/gnome-shell? If yes
> -
> what about 'normal' desktops, if no - why introduce new 'widget'.

I'm not sure I understand the question. The drag up from the bottom to remove the shield will be used on any device, and any device running GNOME 3 would be running gdm and gnome-shell.

>
> PS. Sorry if in second point I sound "threatening". I am just curious
> and I am sure there is good answer to it I just don't know.
>
> > How is the PIN supposed to be set? Will that involve changes to
> > the User Accounts panel?
> >
>
> Why use PIN at all? (Apparently that is question for Windows 8 as
> well).
> Or is it for smartcards?
>
> > And while we're dealing with User Accounts and passwords, could we
> > manage to do something about the password hint? You can set it, but
> > it doesn't do anything useful in any software anywhere. It's kind
> > of embarrassing to have to write that in the help.
> >
> > --
> > Shaun
> >
>
> Best regards
>
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