Mathieu,
All good points, but the same could be possible on a normal login screen without the need for a "shield".


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 13:04 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Also, along with Lynn, I don't understand
> why there has to be a shield at all, at least on a typical computer
> (which is still, I thought, what GNOME was supposed to be designed for).

One thing it does very well is showing you all the things you missed
while you were gone.

I used to miss notifications before, because I wouldn't always think
about looking at the message tray for stacked notifications which had
been sent while I was gone.

With the shield, I can quickly see if I received a chat message, or
anything else, as soon as I go back to the computer.

Plus, my girlfriend can now pause my annoying music without having to
call me so I enter my password, which she likes.


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Mathieu