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Re: GDM

 

+1 here.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Phong Cao Viet <phngcv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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