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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really appreciate that you took the time to make a branch for this, Matt. It does look good, and from the looks of it you did everything right! :)
One other cool thing you can do: it's possible to make a bug that is fixed with a commit. If you're using the command line, it's something like bzr commit --fixes=lp:BUGNUMBER. If you're using Bazaar Explorer, there's a text box below where you enter the commit message to list any fixed bugs. This way, Launchpad can keep track of things a little better.
I'm also quite interested in the layered screenshot you mentioned in the merge request (although the link is broken). I had no idea what those were, looked it up and it's a neat idea. Could make things very smooth…

However, I do agree with Evan. This is the type of thing that shouldn't
be necessary. It's kind of a mundane detail that the login screen should
make clear on its own anyway. By presenting it front and centre here, we
risk creating an illusion of complexity.

Now somebody reading this sees two choices they must weigh. It may be
obvious to us that one is the default (and we can even say “Unity is the
default because it's shiny and new and awesome”), but people brand new
to Ubuntu are not always happy when they see “Some Assembly May Be
Required.“ They've already made the choice to drop Windows and clean
install Ubuntu on top, and that's enough choosing for one day. The
important thing here is making them feel satisfied, like they've made
the right choice already (because they have). Pointing out what they can
do Right Now (without deviating from Ubuntu's standard experience!) and
how cool it is.

On the other hand, this is certainly something to keep track of. If the
appropriate stuff is put in place we won't need to, but it may be
necessary to explain what the Ubuntu Classic Desktop / 2D desktop /
whatever-we're-calling-it is, and what Unity is. We'll have to wait and
see, I think.

Not that choices are bad, but I think they are better presented later
on, after somebody has experienced the defaults and has some opinions
about what is new. If I understand correctly, Yelp will finally be
usable. Maybe now is a good time to promote the offline help for that
purpose.


Just to clarify why I don't want the slideshow doing something it wouldn't need to do if another application was clearer: the slideshow should never, ever ever be necessary. If we use it to bandage UI blunders elsewhere, it risks being too important.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687670

Title:
  [Natty] Add a ubiquity slide for GDM Session choosing. Also add to help files.

Status in Installer Slideshows for Ubuntu & friends:
  Invalid
Status in Ubuntu Documentation:
  New
Status in The Yelp Help Browser for Gnome:
  New
Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu

It is important to advertise that Ubuntu still include the "Ubuntu Classic Desktop" in 11.04, and since the GDM session manager is not exactly obvious, i propose showing it featured on the Ubiquity Slide Show for Ubuntu Natty Desktop, and also in the "New to Ubuntu?" section of help and support, see below:

* A slide during the instillation of Ubuntu should demonstrate how one can log-into either the 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop' or standard 'Ubuntu Desktop Edition'.
* This should also be included in the help documentation, preferably between the "Welcome to Ubuntu" page and the "Getting around the desktop" page, with a page title such as "Login into Ubuntu".

I have never used bazaar before, or created a patch, but i will give this a go, support and guidance would be greatly appreciated (as would someone taking over ;) lol)