I really appreciate that you took the time to make a branch for this, Matt. It does look good, and from the looks of it you did everything right! :) One other cool thing you can do: it's possible to make a bug that is fixed with a commit. If you're using the command line, it's something like bzr commit --fixes=lp:BUGNUMBER. If you're using Bazaar Explorer, there's a text box below where you enter the commit message to list any fixed bugs. This way, Launchpad can keep track of things a little better. I'm also quite interested in the layered screenshot you mentioned in the merge request (although the link is broken). I had no idea what those were, looked it up and it's a neat idea. Could make things very smooth…
However, I do agree with Evan. This is the type of thing that shouldn't be necessary. It's kind of a mundane detail that the login screen should make clear on its own anyway. By presenting it front and centre here, we risk creating an illusion of complexity. Now somebody reading this sees two choices they must weigh. It may be obvious to us that one is the default (and we can even say “Unity is the default because it's shiny and new and awesome”), but people brand new to Ubuntu are not always happy when they see “Some Assembly May Be Required.“ They've already made the choice to drop Windows and clean install Ubuntu on top, and that's enough choosing for one day. The important thing here is making them feel satisfied, like they've made the right choice already (because they have). Pointing out what they can do Right Now (without deviating from Ubuntu's standard experience!) and how cool it is. On the other hand, this is certainly something to keep track of. If the appropriate stuff is put in place we won't need to, but it may be necessary to explain what the Ubuntu Classic Desktop / 2D desktop / whatever-we're-calling-it is, and what Unity is. We'll have to wait and see, I think. Not that choices are bad, but I think they are better presented later on, after somebody has experienced the defaults and has some opinions about what is new. If I understand correctly, Yelp will finally be usable. Maybe now is a good time to promote the offline help for that purpose. Just to clarify why I don't want the slideshow doing something it wouldn't need to do if another application was clearer: the slideshow should never, ever ever be necessary. If we use it to bandage UI blunders elsewhere, it risks being too important. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubiquity Slideshow, which is subscribed to ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687670 Title: [Natty] Add a ubiquity slide for GDM Session choosing. Also add to help files. Status in Installer Slideshows for Ubuntu & friends: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Documentation: New Status in The Yelp Help Browser for Gnome: New Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu It is important to advertise that Ubuntu still include the "Ubuntu Classic Desktop" in 11.04, and since the GDM session manager is not exactly obvious, i propose showing it featured on the Ubiquity Slide Show for Ubuntu Natty Desktop, and also in the "New to Ubuntu?" section of help and support, see below: * A slide during the instillation of Ubuntu should demonstrate how one can log-into either the 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop' or standard 'Ubuntu Desktop Edition'. * This should also be included in the help documentation, preferably between the "Welcome to Ubuntu" page and the "Getting around the desktop" page, with a page title such as "Login into Ubuntu". I have never used bazaar before, or created a patch, but i will give this a go, support and guidance would be greatly appreciated (as would someone taking over ;) lol) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubiquity-slideshow Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubiquity-slideshow More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
