Idea #5464: Make nice transitions before and after GDM

Written by FuturePilot the 23 Mar 08 at 03:54. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

Description

Instead of having Xserver and GDM just popup like they do now, there should be a nice smooth transition effect between them; like a fade effect similar to the way the screen fades before Xscreensaver comes on. This would make for a smoother login process.

So there would be a fade effect between Usplash and GDM, then after logging in it would fade into the desktop.

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Bug #22903 : GDM eye candy

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Comments

kahrytan wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 07:36

This would increase startup time. Think about it people.

Eldmannen wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 15:30

Pretty cool idea.
It could increase the user experience.
But if it would increase startup time, then I vote no.

Robsie wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 16:20

Hey I think it should be an option available for people with high end machines, oh wait I think it is... Right click on your desktop and got to the tab on the end, think this only affects the desktop though, maybe then extend it to the boot screen for these graphical lovers.

Arnaudus wrote on the 23 Apr 08 at 12:34

I dont' know if a smooth process is the most interesting, but actually, depending on your hardware, the beginning of X sessions can be particularly violent (and pieces of pictures, probably stored in the cache memory, are displayed), and this really looks like something will break in the computer. So I vote +1.

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