Comment 15 for bug 549268

> Do we want to always keep prompting the user to use the wallpaper. If the
> prompt is to occur only once this might be a better.[ But even then why?]
> How does it improve user experience?

It improves the user experience because the wallpaper is part of the theme. The widgets that make up the theme, combined with the wallpaper, make the whole of the visual experience that the user sees when they first use Ubuntu. In my experience, one of the first things users do on a new operating system is explore the appearance settings, second only to changing the desktop background.

I had read that Lucid will ship with as many wallpapers as can be fit on the CD [1]. If that's true then it may help to provide a way for the user to easily restore the original wallpaper if they choose to restore the original theme. Should the user choose to restore the original wallpaper, it will be more difficult for them to find it if there are more images to search through.

I agree that it might be questionable if this is a papercut, but it fit the criteria, and at least we could easily track it for inclusion in Maverick if we decide to implement it.

> Further the prompt reduces the theme viewing area.

Agreed, but there is much that we can do there. The height of the Apply Background notice could be reduced a bit. Also, the "Get more themes online" link wastes much vertical space. That link could be replaced with a button and placed next to the four buttons above it. I can work with upstream to improve this if you think it would be of value.

1. http://davidsiegel.org/lucid-wallpaper-contest/