GDM Greeter

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:42:55 -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:

> Andrew Farris wrote:
> > Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:27:55 -0700, Andrew Farris wrote:
> >>
> >>> The animation can probably be made smoother in the future, especially 
> >>> if you're not logging in while some services are still doing work 
> >>> after just starting up in the background.  I agree its not very 
> >>> glamorous right now, but its a damn-sight better than just suddenly 
> >>> snapping to a smaller box size...
> >>
> >> Why?
> > 
> > Because that is static, boring, and stoic... all of which is not 
> > dynamic, modern, alive, and active.  It may be slower, but I like it, 
> > even with its clunkyness, and I think alot of other people will too.  
> > When I'm desperate to login fast I use a VT.
> > 
> 
> Oh, it definitely has it's appeal... particularly with giving new users 
> a good first impression that Fedora can do neat stuff, 

The first impression is a strong flicker effect that makes the user
think "wtf can't the dialog reduce its size smoothly and without
flickering?" The second thought is a flicker of hope (pun intended) that
it's just the ugly dialog and not due to a fundamental accelleration
problem somewhere in the graphics driver.

> but for a lot of 
> us, we just want to log in quickly. That's why I'd want it in a config 
> utility.

[X] Flicker-free login dialog

;)