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[Jane Silber <1367696@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, those don't cover all the issues.  One issue is the
consistency (or intentional inconsistency) of the activity notification.
The other issue is the use of a spinning logo at all (regardless of size
and speed).  I believe the spinning logo is overly simplistic, not very
classy and doesn't live up to the standard of design elsewhere in the
product.  I think we can do better than that (and have done so in the
desktop start up/shut down images as an example).

Un-duped, and original description edited to reflect the design question
rather than the implementation of size/speed.

** Description changed:

- There is a large spinning Ubuntu logo during updates and a small spinning Ubuntu logo during the boot process.  I think there are two problems with this:
- - whatever the progress indicator is should be consistent (not one large and one small),
- - more importantly, this progress indicator feels frantic, cheap and off brand to me.  The desktop has the word Ubuntu with dots which change colour to indicate progress.  That feels classier to me. Is there a specific reason we have diverged from an existing (and excellent) solution?  Isn't this unnecessary divergence for the phone?
+ There is a large spinning Ubuntu logo during updates and a small
+ spinning Ubuntu logo during the boot process.  There are several bugs
+ already filed regarding the inconsistency in size and speed (see bug
+ 1355093 1335789 1350348)
+ 
+ Regardless of the size/speed of the spinner, I this progress indicator
+ feels frantic, cheap and off brand to me. It is an obvious and
+ simplistic device, and one which we have tried to avoid as a core part
+ of the user experience.  We have always been able to develop classier
+ options. E.g., the desktop has the word Ubuntu with dots which change
+ colour to indicate progress.   Is there a specific reason we have
+ diverged from an existing (and excellent) solution?  Isn't this
+ unnecessary divergence for the phone? And if there is a good reason for
+ a new solution (i.e, different than the desktop), then I think it needs
+ more work to reach the standard of beautiful design elsewhere in the
+ product.

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1355093
   Inconsistent spinning-logo screens for startup and system image update

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Title:
  spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels frantic and not very
  classy

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Triaged
Status in “unity-system-compositor” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There is a large spinning Ubuntu logo during updates and a small
  spinning Ubuntu logo during the boot process.  There are several bugs
  already filed regarding the inconsistency in size and speed (see bug
  1355093 1335789 1350348)

  Regardless of the size/speed of the spinner, I this progress indicator
  feels frantic, cheap and off brand to me. It is an obvious and
  simplistic device, and one which we have tried to avoid as a core part
  of the user experience.  We have always been able to develop classier
  options. E.g., the desktop has the word Ubuntu with dots which change
  colour to indicate progress.   Is there a specific reason we have
  diverged from an existing (and excellent) solution?  Isn't this
  unnecessary divergence for the phone? And if there is a good reason
  for a new solution (i.e, different than the desktop), then I think it
  needs more work to reach the standard of beautiful design elsewhere in
  the product.

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