Visual design for logout/login/lockscreen

[Jens Reuterberg]

Well the issue is that we have to start being careful what gets crammed in and 
if too much is crammed in how to hide it away.
The point is that too many options visible would be problematic since the main 
point of a login is to have a place to pick user and to write in passwords.

We could cheat and use an "advanced" button - but thats not really a very 
elegant solution unless done carefully.

Oh and I did a really messy wireframe animation for the fade-to-desktop/splash 
animation where we build on the login screen. Just as an example of way to 
integrate the two.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt24ay5c444xzk2/test.mp4


> 
> Hi,
> 
> this theme looks just great! Really looking forward to be able to use it!
> 
> :)
> 
> I'd like to add a few points from the internal mechanics point of view:
>     * Password prompts - there could be more than one at a time in some
>         corner cases
>     * Error and information messages - The authentication layer (PAM) sends
>         some messages to the user occasionally ("User not found" and such)
>     * Other dialogs - The user is presented with a password change dialog
>         when his password has expired, I think the login screen should
> handle
>         this too
> 
> Other than this, as I'm not (at all) a user interface designer, so just
> consider these as my small ideas :). Also I'm not sure if this is the right
> place and time to discuss these:
>     * Wouldn't it be logical to have the keyboard layout (or language?)
>       selection on the left side of the dialog (to have it close to where
>       the user will type).
>     * Also, maybe, have the session selection somewhere close to the Login
>       button (to indicate something along the lines of "Log into ..." by
>       positioning them close)?
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
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