[Desktop-packages] [Bug 844081] Re: Unity Greeter - Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the background chosen by the user that is currently selected
I'd be concerned that a user might choose an inappropriate desktop wallpaper and I'd have no way to prevent it from being displayed to everyone who uses the computer, so as admin I'd want to be able to switch off the feature of showing the selected user's wallpaper on LightDM and instead only show the same wallpaper for everybody. What people put as the wallpaper on their own account is up to them, but the login screen is a shared space. Aside from that, as someone who isn't admin I might not want to show everyone my wallpaper. For instance, I use a wallpaper of Humble Indie Bundle 5 which seems childish for my age. I might not want others to see it when they come to use the computer. Now that I've read some of the comment section I know I can hide it with file permissions, but I wouldn't have thought of that on my own even after using Ubuntu for over 6 years. It makes much more sense in terms of organization, intuitiveness, and respecting user's privacy (which I thought Ubuntu was trying to champion) to make it a switch in the Appearance panel: [X] Show my wallpaper on the log in screen Which behind the scenes just changes the permissions on the file as described by others. No fancy stuff. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844081 Title: Unity Greeter - Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the background chosen by the user that is currently selected Status in D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information: Confirmed Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Unity Greeter: Fix Released Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the background chosen by the user that is currently selected. e.g. the background the user has selected on their desktop should be displayed in the greeter. See the attached animation login_screen_v02_WP.mov to understand exactly how the backgrounds should crossfade. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/accountsservice/+bug/844081/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 682788] Re: Improve Unity menus
The App Menu should be in the Title Bar. When the window is maximized the Title Bar is merged with the panel so the App Menu would naturally be merged with the panel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682788 Title: Improve Unity menus Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Compiz: Triaged Status in Unity: Triaged Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed Bug description: ===+++ _ ! ALL USERS ! _ +++=== ===+++ READ THIS BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT OR MODIFICATION +++=== IMPORTANT 1: Please don't post any me too message; use the Does this bug affect you? feature you can find a bit above this bug description on Launchpad. IMPORTANT 2: Do not post anything if you haven't read all comments to verify that your point hasn't been made. If you feel tempted to stop reading because there are too many messages, that is a strong indicator that you shouldn't add even more comments. Developers have a tough time to find anything if you post redundant stuff. So please abstain from doing that. = Global menu in general (not only in Unity) is very unergonomic on large screens (see the attached screenshot) because if you have a small window somewhere near the low right corner you have to move the cursor all the way up to to panel to reach the menu. I understand why the global menu was used for the netbook edition (it saves space and most windows are maximized), but since Unity is intended to be for the desktop edition there should be an option to switch to the traditional position of the app menu. It would be welcomed by many desktop users. A commonly suggested solution is: [ ] Global Menu on [ ] Global Menu off [ ] Global Menu only for maximized windows The default is usually suggested as either the first (on) or last (on only for maximized windows). - Desired change: Implement the 'Enhanced Menu' project for 12.10. This project will address the issue described in this bug and also issues described in the duplicates of this bus. Note this is the 'official' bug that tracks the implementation of this project. The following options will be added to 'System Settings/Appearance': --- Menus Location:Global/Local Visibility: Hidden/Always displayed --- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/682788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
