This looks great! What I don't like though, is the 'switch to sugar' functionality being available as a button. Wouldn't it be better to keep it as a GDM session option?
2009/6/19 Daniel Drake <d...@laptop.org>: > Hi Eben/other interested victims, > > I've designed (it's usually bad news when I've designed things) some > interfaces that allow for switching between Sugar and GNOME for the > XO-1.5 builds. I'm looking for feedback on the design and any > suggestions/contributions. > > > By default, laptops boot straight up into Sugar. > But you might notice a new icon in the control panel named "Switch > desktop" > http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-controlpanel.png > > If we click on that, under normal circumstances you will see: > http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-sugar.png > > Then, when you click the "Switch to GNOME" button, it will look like > this: > http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-gnome.png > > And if everything works right, this one will never be seen, but allows > for an escape route if something goes wrong: > http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-unknown.png > > > When you're in GNOME, there is an icon that says "Switch to Sugar" on > the desktop. It's also on the Applications menu, under System. When you > click on it, it brings up a dialog box that tells you to restart and > then you'll be back in Sugar again. > In this screenshot you can see the desktop item, the menu item, and the > output dialog box: > http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/gnome-ui.png > > > Code for all of that is at > git://dev.laptop.org/users/dsd/olpc-switch-desktop > (latest updates to be pushed in a few minutes) > > > The Logout menu item in sugar is disabled. It's still there in GNOME, > but I'll look for a way to hide it. (when you logout, it just basically > restarts the desktop environment, so it's kind of pointless. A reboot is > acceptable for changing DE, and the logout concept is confusing when > there wasn't any logging in to begin with.) > > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel