Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm
This has been bugging me for a long time now. There's a usability issue with the login screen's panel being at the bottom of the screen. It should be at the top, or at the very least the elements that are present in both the login screen and the desktop (the clock and shutdown menu) should be positioned consistently. It's very confusing as it stands, with the clock and the shutdown function jumping from the bottom of the login screen to the top of the desktop screen when we log in. Either the top of the screen is the accessibility-wise better place for these elements, in which case they should be there *during the login screen also*, or it isn't, in which case they shouldn't be there when we get to the desktop *either*. They shouldn't be in one place on one screen, in another place on another screen. I'm attaching a fancy little split-screen diagram of what I'm getting at, in addition to the stuff gathered by Apport. Sorry the picture uses my native language, I should have switched the VM's language prior to taking the screenshots. The shots are from an up-to-date Lucid, Apport's data is from my host which is running Karmic. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 Date: Fri Feb 19 17:13:34 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: gdm Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64 ** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Positioning of login screen 'panel' inconsistent with desktop's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524497 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs