On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 05:11, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 03:01, Gary Greene wrote: > > Personally, I liked it much more than the new bootsplash system. Sure it > > had some issues (specifically when harddrake and kudzu would find changes > > in the hardware installed) but over all I found it to be more asthetically > > pleasing than a console window in a box-window. > > Oh, well, perhaps we can make the bootsplash console window a bit smarter, so > it tags left-hand text with service icons and the [ OK ] etc with > tick/cross/question icons. Dunno about everyone else, I prefer soemthing that > works first, is pretty second.
Ooh! If we're going for pretty, I *like* that idea. A small icon and optionally the service name in some kind of pretty font on the left, cartoony tick / cross on the right. Personally i'd turn it off straight away, but I can see it'd look cool for a reviewer / newbie on a first boot at least... -- adamw
