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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the reply, Michael.

> yes, we experimented a bit back in 2013 with different lock screens
> (also talking about this one) but none of the experiments turned out
> good enough. In the end we postponed this topic for a while.

So, does that mean we can revise the discussion?

Lucas Romero's design has a few wonderful aspects that can set Ubuntu
Touch apart from competing platforms. It's a perfect continuation of
the circle design on the lock screen. In fact, at the moment there is
the circle and to unlock you slide (!) the lock screen to the left or
the right. That devalues the circle design completely. Personally, I
feel this may lead to a decision to remove the "strange idea" (as
supporters may say then) "of the circle on the lock screen" one day.

The circle on the lock screen should stay firm all the time, and the
circle should be used for unlocking. Be it with gestures, or a PIN. A
passphrase would probably need a keyboard to pop up, because it's for
people who really want to type. The gesture proposed by Lucas Romero
actually resembles a dial combination lock safe.

And nothing is really complicated about his approach. On his blog he
mentions there has been some critics, but without getting into arguing
I feel his design can be both beautiful and easy to use. There are of
course many other possibilities (see [3], for example), but a circle
design as his final no. 3 design [1] would be a distinguished default
lock screen for Ubuntu Touch.

When can this be revisited?
Peter

[1] http://lucasromerodb.blogspot.com.ar/2013/07/ubuntu-touch-unlock-screen-concept_9.html
(design #3)
[2] http://lucasromerodb.blogspot.com.ar/2013/07/ubuntu-touch-unlock-screen-concept.html
(design #2)
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtYT8qX6TX8 (Android app with air gestures)


> On 12.08.2015 13:45, Peter Bittner wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Lucas Romero presented his idea of a unique lock screen on OMG! Ubuntu!
>> in 2013. I wonder if this idea ever made it to Canonical.
>> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-touch-lock-screen-concept
>>
>> I'm sure there are other, more critical features to implement and bugs
>> to fix, but this idea is too awesome to let it go.
>>
>> For me, personally, it would make my daily experience of Ubuntu Touch
>> much more pleasant. I can't rely on a simple swipe to open my phone
>> (when having it in my pocket it will perform random calls), and it's
>> tedious to enter a number combination or a password 50 times a day.
>>
>> All the rest is said in the comments of the blog post. But most of all,
>> enjoy the video!
>>
>> Would love to hear some (also official) feedback,
>> Peter