[Boot splash screen] spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels frantic and not very classy
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu UX |
Fix Released
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High
|
Jouni Helminen | ||
Unity System Compositor |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Mirco Müller | ||
unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Mirco Müller |
Bug Description
There is a large spinning Ubuntu logo during updates and a small spinning Ubuntu logo during the boot process. There are several bugs already filed regarding the inconsistency in size and speed (see bug 1355093 1335789 1350348)
Regardless of the size/speed of the spinner, I this progress indicator feels frantic, cheap and off brand to me. It is an obvious and simplistic device, and one which we have tried to avoid as a core part of the user experience. We have always been able to develop classier options. E.g., the desktop has the word Ubuntu with dots which change colour to indicate progress. Is there a specific reason we have diverged from an existing (and excellent) solution? Isn't this unnecessary divergence for the phone? And if there is a good reason for a new solution (i.e, different than the desktop), then I think it needs more work to reach the standard of beautiful design elsewhere in the product.
Related branches
- PS Jenkins bot (community): Approve (continuous-integration)
- Alexandros Frantzis (community): Approve
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Diff: 502 lines (+217/-148)2 files modifiedspinner/CMakeLists.txt (+25/-11)
spinner/eglspinner.cpp (+192/-137)
affects: | unity8 (Ubuntu) → unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
assignee: | nobody → Jouni Helminen (jounihelminen) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels cheesy + spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels frantic and not very classy |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
importance: | Medium → High |
summary: |
- spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels frantic and not very classy + [Boot splash screen] spinning Ubuntu logo on update & boot feels frantic + and not very classy |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
assignee: | nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow) |
Changed in unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow) |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Thanks Jane. Many of us share these concerns and they're already being tracked in:
bug 1355093, bug 1335789
Also related is bug 1350348.