Re: GDM Greeter

[Michael Schwendt <mschwendt tmp0701 nospam arcor de>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:17:35 -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:

> Stefan Cornelius wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christopher L Tubbs II
> > <ctubbsii emich edu> wrote:
> >> What does everybody think of the new greeter?
> >>
> > 
> > I never noticed your first 2 points, but I sure share your opinion
> > when it comes down to points 3-5. Never cared enough to put it in
> > words and complain somewhere (since this is personal preference stuff
> > and not really a bug), but I disliked the new GDM, too.
> > 
> > My 2cent "me too" post :)
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > Stefan
> > 
> 
> Well, the first 2 points are definitely bugs (the first is fixed already 
> in a patch, as I said), but I would consider the lack of ability to 
> configure the greeter a serious oversight, if not a flat out bug. You're 
> right that the ugliness and the animation are preference stuff, but 
> personally, I think the delay due to the animation is serious enough to 
> be considered a bug, if only in the designer's brain.

"Animation"? What is it really? An attempt at making it look slow and poor
on every machine? After entering a username, the dialog size shrinks in
several visible steps while flickering badly. If that is by design, my
first thought would be that the desiger can't be serious about it.