Developer focus for Fedora workstation

Marco Scannadinari m at scannadinari.co.uk
Fri Aug 15 17:30:14 UTC 2014


I think this is quite a good idea. To merge the GDM login functionality 
into the shield itself would save both complexity and time. i.e. 
password field on the shield, if password is applied, else show desktop 
when the shield is swept away

On Fri, 15 Aug, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Adam Batkin <adam at batkin.net> wrote:
> On 08/15/2014 06:21 AM, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 12:00 +0200, Denis Washington wrote:
> >> Am 15.08.2014 um 11:01 schrieb drago01:
> >>>> * Silly things like the fact that you need to drag to get rid of 
> the
> >>>> screensaver/blanker thing - Individually, this isn't *that* 
> important, and
> >>>> there's already a BZ for it, but no one seems rushing to fix it. 
> I can't
> >>>> think of a single case where a non-touchscreen user would WANT 
> that
> >>>> functionality, but there still doesn't appear to be a way to rid 
> yourself of
> >>>> it
> >>>
> >>> You do *not* need to drag it. You can just type you password. Or 
> hit
> >>> ESC or press Enter.
> >>> Maybe it is not clear enough that you can do that though.
> >>
> >> If you wake up your screen by moving the mouse, as I and probably 
> a lot
> >> of people do, the natural thing to do is also to remove the lock 
> screen
> >> with the mouse. That you have to drag the lock screen up to do so
> >
> > Or scroll with the mouse wheel (or the edge of the touchpad, or two
> > fingers on the touchpad)
> 
> I don't have a password on my screensaver. I expect to nudge my mouse
> and see my desktop, or hit the Ctrl key and see my desktop. Instead I
> see the curtain and have to either drag it away or hit Esc or Enter.
> Again not a big deal, but annoying.
> 
> FYI: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=696330
> 
> -Adam Batkin
> 
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