What about showing the splash screen after 5 seconds of visual inactivity?

-Alex

Ben Maurer wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> 
>> I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the
>> following reasons:
>>
>>        - login is somewhat faster
>>
>>        - the 'progress' icons in the splashscreen don't reflect the
>>          time it actually takes to login.
>>
>> On my system, the login process is like this:
>> ...
>> The splash screen just doesn't serve any purpose. The "progress" it
>> shows has nothing to do with reality, and the splash screen itself
>> isn't even visible for more than 25% of the login time.
> 
> The times might be much longer for some users -- eg, somebody with an NFS 
> home. 36 seconds (from your measurement) is a *long* time to go without 
> feedback of any sort. I really wish GDM took care of the UI and made the 
> transition to the desktop smooth.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
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