UI considerations with gfxboot

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Colin Watson">

> Is it the timeout you object to, or the visual appearance of the clock? If
> the latter, do you have a better suggestion?

Probably the appearance, which hints at "THIS COMPUTER WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN
FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... ZERO... Welcome to Ubuntu - Linux for
Human Beings!"

Perhaps something that looked more like a second hand would do?

- Jeff

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