![]() blanking is often very useful CoreyBurger) When the screensaver activates (either automatically, or with the "Lock Screen" command), the screen should first take 1000 ms to fade to black. And an OS-X-like dialog shake would save having to print ugly "That password was incorrect" text.) (A Windows-XP-like password field embedded into the account list would save one mouse click for every account selection. Use the gdm login screen for switching accounts, and tidy it up. ![]() "Password" doesn't need one because you're there by default, "Cancel" is triggered with the Escape key, and "Unlock" with the Enter key. Nuke the access keys for "Password", "Cancel" and "Unlock".Make the gap between "Switch Account." and "Cancel" at least 12 pixels, while the gap between "Cancel" and "Unlock" is 6 pixels.The "Cancel" and "Unlock" buttons should be the same width as each other, but not the same width as the "Switch Account." button.Make the password field and its label a centered group (so that the gap between the left edge of the window and the "P" is the same as the gap between the right edge of the window and the right edge of the password field).(It's the only thing you can possibly do, so inctructions are fairly pointless.) Nuke "Enter a password to unlock the screen".Given the variation and the scenario, we choose the simpler option. See for example Firefox, About Me, File Management, Tali, and the whole of Open. ![]() No it doesn't Ubuntu's pushbuttons are already extremely inconsistent. This breaks consistency with rest of the desktop. ![]() (If the person does not have an icon, the Ubuntu icon - no "ubuntu", just the icon - should be used instead.) Instead, the icon of the current person should appear centered above their account name. Change "Switch User" to "Switch Account." (with a capital A and an ellipsis).Instead, put the real name in small type underneath the account name. (Showing only the real name is a bad idea, because you may have multiple accounts with the same real name.) Put the account name, centered, in extra-large type (but not bold) at the top.When "That password is incorrect." text is shown, it should be at normal size, immediately underneath the password field. Therefore simplicity and elegance is more important here, and exact consistency is less important, than in your average dialog. And when you're returning to the computer, you're often thinking of something you want to do right now. The unlock interface is the followup to a screensaver that may be very beautiful. Wangle the listbox so that the real name is presented in small type under the account name (as done with program names in gnome-app-install), rather than in a separate column. Add a new column to the list to show the person's real name.The gap between the window edge and the controls should be 12 pixels, not more.Make the listbox rows large enough to see the account icons properly.Change "Switch to another user?" to "Switch to account:" (with a lowercase "a" and a colon, and not bold).Change "Switch User" to "Log In." (with a space, an uppercase "I", and an ellipsis).How to get from here to there, in order of importance: (This is first because it's the most in need of improvement.) Now it needs polishing to bring it up to the Ubuntu standard of excellence for Dapper. Late in the Breezy cycle, gnome-screensaver was considered as a replacement for xscreensaver, but rejected because it had too many missing features. The gnome-screensaver package is an alternative to the xscreensaver daemon, which provides better integration with other desktop components, so could provide a better user experience. Furthermore, its preferences dialog duplicates some of the settings covered by gnome-power-manager. While performing its job quite well, it does not integrate with the rest of the desktop as well as possible. Ubuntu currently uses the xscreensaver package as the screen saver and screen locker. Created: by JaneWeideman, MatthewPaulThomasĬontributors: JaneWeideman, MatthewPaulThomas, OliverGrawert
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