----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maciej Marcin Piechotka" <[email protected]> > To: "Shaun McCance" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:57:51 AM > Subject: Re: 3.6 Feature: Lock Screen > > On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 21:04 -0400, Shaun McCance wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 18:38 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'd like to propose a new lock screen as a 3.6 feature. The new > > > lock screen will > > > > > > - be styled to have a uniform look and feel as the rest of GNOME > > > Shell > > > - be visually consistent with the look of the authentication > > > components on the login screen > > > - have a limited number of status icons displayed > > > - show an indication that there are notifications or show the > > > notifications themselves depending on the user’s preferences > > > - allow user authentication with a password, pin, fingerprint, or > > > smartcard > > > > > > The designs for the lock screen are available here: > > > https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ScreenLock > > > > I *love* the idea of showing notifications and allowing control of > > media playback. It's something I've wanted for a very, very long > > time. > > > > +1 > > > But I share Bhaavan's concern with having to physically drag the > > screen up. It's very cumbersome with a mouse. And aside from being > > inconvenient, without keyboard-only use it's not accessible. > > > > Random thought - maybe the unlock should happen on enter as you can > log > in on gdm? > > Also - will the scroll from bottom be used in gdm/gnome-shell? If yes > - > what about 'normal' desktops, if no - why introduce new 'widget'.
I'm not sure I understand the question. The drag up from the bottom to remove the shield will be used on any device, and any device running GNOME 3 would be running gdm and gnome-shell. > > PS. Sorry if in second point I sound "threatening". I am just curious > and I am sure there is good answer to it I just don't know. > > > How is the PIN supposed to be set? Will that involve changes to > > the User Accounts panel? > > > > Why use PIN at all? (Apparently that is question for Windows 8 as > well). > Or is it for smartcards? > > > And while we're dealing with User Accounts and passwords, could we > > manage to do something about the password hint? You can set it, but > > it doesn't do anything useful in any software anywhere. It's kind > > of embarrassing to have to write that in the help. > > > > -- > > Shaun > > > > Best regards > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
