Hi I will also like to have this. As a matter of fact, there's currently an unofficial deb in the forums with a patched grub with gfxboot support, so I think is is going to be a typical "common customization" for edgy and next releases...
thanks -- Ubuntu grub should be deluxe and animated like OpenSUSE grub https://launchpad.net/bugs/3339 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs