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[Phong Cao Viet <phngcv@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree! I think GDM absolutely does not fit the new Unity interface as a
whole...

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Jonathan <shrouded.cloud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I know that consistency is very important for the system and there is
> one particularly irksome thing I've noticed in Ubuntu for consistency
> (at least now that Ubiquity has been redone). When you turn on a LiveCD
> you get this window and a panel at the top with some basic indicators.
> When you are at the desktop you have a top panel with indicators. Now,
> in Natty, with Unity, you have only the top panel with the Launcher. So,
> why then, do we still have GDM wherein it uses a bottom panel that
> doesn't even match the theme? There is no precedent for this bottom
> panel. I understand that tackling GDM may not be in the plans, but it is
> really inconsistent with everything else in the system.
>
> As for what I would like to see done? In a perfect world, I think a new
> login program should be created, one that fits in with Ubuntu properly
> instead of being shoe-horned in and is more future-friendly. Though,
> this is a "perfect world" scenario and I, unfortunately cannot do
> anything to help this idea right now, only to propose it.
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