<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br> <br> Not so long ago we announced the revamp of boot and login experiences in<br> Ubuntu and received a great response from the Artwork Team, with many<br> interesting concepts being submitted. Thanks again for all your hard work.<br> <br> The deadline approaches fast and the time is now to make final<br> decisions. We have just returned from the Platform Sprint in Dublin,<br> where folks directly responsible for making Ubuntu release happen on<br> time have gathered. The design team's role was to propose final<br> concepts, communicate them to the developers and make sure they can be<br> implemented on time. We have received a lot of valuable feedback and<br> revised our proposals accordingly.<br> <br> The initial assumptions, however, remain unchanged. The Foundations<br> Team's goal is to start the X server as fast as possible (3-4 seconds on<br> a reference machine) and therefore, Usplash will not be used in most<br> cases. A new splash screen (Xsplash) will be developed on top of the X<br> server and enable a smooth transition into the GDM and the user session.<br> <br> The latest designs can be viewed here:<br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo</a>. We're looking<br> forward to your feedback!<br> <br> Many thanks,<br> <br> Mat</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The "throbber" looks really good. This is better (as described by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Mat Tomaszewski)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> than the progress bar until the boot process is more predictable.</span></span></div> <div><br></div><div>I agree that the colour needs to be changed. I think either <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/#Iteration 1">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/#Iteration 1</a> or <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/#Iteration 3">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/#Iteration 3</a> are really good.</div> <div><br></div><div>I think how the panels emerge/fade in like on Iteration 4 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcSpkmM36nA&hd=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcSpkmM36nA</a> is really smooth and looks great. Would it be possible to have the desktop icons "fade in" as well? Are there any effects available when transitioning from boot/gdm to desktop?</div> <div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Daniel</div></div>