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
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Positioning of login screen 'panel' inconsistent with desktop's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524497
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