On Saturday 21 January 2012 15:32:10 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > it uses QGraphicsLayouts because we need to embed QWidgets. Unfortunately > > we do not get to the underlying system. If we don't want anymore the > > QWidgets we would have to rewrite the complete authentication system :-( > > yes, i know. however, there are some things used in the QML that are > probably not needed / should be replaced with the components work. right, I didn't like to have the keyboard switcher embedded as a QWidget for example. > > > > * related to the above, blanking the screen is now left up to > > > powermanagement. fair enough. however, the defaults for powermanagement > > > for > > > systems that are plugged in tends to mean it won't happen for quite some > > > time on most systems. it feels rather innelegant to have the lock screen > > > just always showing. in the default theme, fading out at least the > > > greater > > > UI when there is no user interaction and back in when user interaction > > > happens (independent of power management) might feel nicer. > > > > I would prefer to get this right and turn off the screen. Blanking the > > screen by painting black feels wrong to me. In fact I always thought that > > my screen turns off till I used the new locker > > ah, yes, i would like to do it with turning off the screen (rather than just > painting black) good > > > > * the default wallpaper of the desktop theme is used when locking the > > > screen. this doesn't feel right; looking at that default paper, i expect > > > the wallpaper shown on my desktop that i've configured. > > > > This would require to pull in the complete Plasma Wallpaper stuff. And > > this > > becomes really difficult for things like multi screen. > > nah, it's pretty easy for multiscreen. still, i do prefer the idea of a > lock- screen specific thing (perhaps something that is coordinated with the > QML log in screen too?) I would like to have it coordinated with the log in screen. I think this would give a very pleasant experience especially if we go for not stopping at KDM but logging in the user directly (as done on PA).
Cheers Martin
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