RE: gdm submission

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

The point is that gnome strives to be easy to use. Having to hit some
oddball sequence like ctrl alt del to login is and allways will be a bad
idea. When you need a login box, it should be presented to you. I just love
how when you sit down at an nt box you get alittle window saying hit control
alt delete to login. What the heck... why didnt they use that space for
something usefull like a login box. :)  Microsoft says that they are trying
to make things easy to use but requireing ctl alt delete for login is not
easy to use. If someone really wants to persue this issue, add the feature.
but for hevens sake dont make it default.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John St. Clair [SMTP:jstclair@chuma.cas.usf.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 02, 1999 11:27 AM
> To:	Fox, Kevin M
> Subject:	RE: gdm submission
> 
> Kevin wrote:
> ...
> BUT winblowz  NT (Or should that be OT old technology) ctrl alt delete
> reboots
> the computer. This is an expected thing. If you hit ctrl alt del and it
> does
> 
> 
> Uh, that's part of the point...
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fox, Kevin M [mailto:KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 1:36 PM
> To: 'Todd Graham Lewis'; Ian McKellar
> Cc: 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> Subject: RE: gdm submission
> 
> 
> Ctrl-Alt-Del for login was/is always a bad idea. In all operating systems
> BUT winblowz (Or should that be OT old technology) ctrl alt delete reboots
> the computer. This is an expected thing. If you hit ctrl alt del and it
> does
> something different it confuses people. Microsoft in the different windows
> changed what control alt delete does 3 different times. Lets not get into
> that habbit. Why would any one want to hit control alt delete to login
> when
> you can just be prompted by a nice pritty login box right away?