> Do we want to always keep prompting the user to use the wallpaper. If the
> prompt is to occur only once this might be a better.[ But even then why?]
> How does it improve user experience?

It improves the user experience because the wallpaper is part of the
theme. The widgets that make up the theme, combined with the wallpaper,
make the whole of the visual experience that the user sees when they
first use Ubuntu. In my experience, one of the first things users do on
a new operating system is explore the appearance settings, second only
to changing the desktop background.

I had read that Lucid will ship with as many wallpapers as can be fit on
the CD [1]. If that's true then it may help to provide a way for the
user to easily restore the original wallpaper if they choose to restore
the original theme. Should the user choose to restore the original
wallpaper, it will be more difficult for them to find it if there are
more images to search through.

I agree that it might be questionable if this is a papercut, but it fit
the criteria, and at least we could easily track it for inclusion in
Maverick if we decide to implement it.

> Further the prompt reduces the theme viewing area.

Agreed, but there is much that we can do there. The height of the Apply
Background notice could be reduced a bit. Also, the "Get more themes
online" link wastes much vertical space. That link could be replaced
with a button and placed next to the four buttons above it. I can work
with upstream to improve this if you think it would be of value.

1. http://davidsiegel.org/lucid-wallpaper-contest/

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