On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Shaun McCance <sha...@gnome.org> 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. > > 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. > I also think these designs are great. This will be a really nice feature, but Shaun is right about the accessibility concerns. If keyboard-only use can be added, I think the feature would be a big +1. Meg Ford > > How is the PIN supposed to be set? Will that involve changes to > the User Accounts panel? > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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