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• Launchpad Entry: dx-karmic-gdm-greeter

• Created: 2009-05-25

• Contributors: DX & Design teams, Ubuntu Platform

• Packages affected: gdm

Summary

This specification documents the proposed Login Experience for Karmic, which is comprised of:

• the login sequence, either in auto-login or in standard/manual mode: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Karmic/LoginExperience

• the logout sequence
• the session switching sequence

The goal for the new experience is to provide smoother transitions between the different steps of the login sequence.

The scenarios for this specification are supported by several modules, based mostly on the new GDM infrastructure.

This specification is part of DesktopExperienceTeam/KarmicBootExperienceSpec

Release Note

Release notes, based on the above description and impacted packages, will be detailed as the integration progresses.

Rationale

User stories

Assumptions

This spec has been designed for conventional x86 systems. Parts of it may probably also apply to other hardware architectures.

(User Interface) Design

The overall look & feel and design requirements for the new boot experience are expressed in a separate document: see DesktopExperienceTeam/KarmicBootExperienceDesignSpec

(Technical Design and) Implementation

Test/Demo Plan

The test plan will be documented, based on the user stories above, at http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Plans/KarmicBootExperience

Unresolved issues

BoF agenda and discussion

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