Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:44:40 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: mike@smith.net.au, bsdhack@shadows.aeon.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... Message-ID: <199801121414.AAA00487@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jan 1998 02:12:28 MDT." <199801120812.CAA02139@detlev.UUCP>
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> > It's a very short step from there to a semi-graphical login (eg. login > > dialog rather than login/password prompt.) I could see people liking > > that. > > Good point, although the graphical login window is really best handled > by xdm, and I don't really see people wanting a graphical login window > being requested without a full graphics system (ie, X). I just thought it would look "pretty". > Okay, let me get opinions: > > * What do people want? I see a couple of possibilities: > 1. A graphical idle screen that shows things like fractals or bitmaps > with rotating palettes, This is commonly called a "screensaver". I would suggest that any effort in this direction be focussed on providing an interface for graphical screensavers. > 2. Something that shows some useful system stats (number of users, > system load, memory usage), possibly floating on a 'pretty' > background, Just another case of 1. > 3. Something that shows just a login window Kinda makes it seem fairly pointless, doesn't it? Given that you have to deal with forking off login and all that, it stops being attractive fairly quickly. > * Is this really going to be the best way to go about it? No. Reflection doesn't really indicate that. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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