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Re: Smooth Transition from Login

 

I would be comfortable just if the ugly log-out / shutdown / user-switch showing errors and weird terminal outputs was fixed.

As for the login animations i like the idea, but maybe there wont be enough time to get it right this cycle.

> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:35:54 +0000
> From: mika.meskanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Smooth Transition from Login
> 
> Yes, I believe we all agree that the transition from greeter to desktop 
> is not as smooth as it could be.
> 
> One of the major reasons for using the wallpaper and dash style visuals 
> on the greeter has been, that by doing that, we can seamlessly 
> transition from greeter to desktop. It's been outlined in design (as 
> well as the bootup sequence from power-on to greeter).
> 
> Thanks Jonathan for your ideas here - they're the most detailed ones so 
> far! The animation bit I'm struggling to understand though…
> 
> I guess if get the right people to collaborate on Bootup <-> Greeter <-> 
> Unity handovers, and get their time, we can resolve this in a future 
> release. Meanwhile, we could elaborate the design – including the logout 
> and power off sequences.
> 
> 
> Mika
> 
> 
> Sent using Thunderbird on Ubuntu GNU/Linux/X/Unity
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