🚀 go-pugleaf

I said:

> > Ok. I've got BackSpace. I use it as a neat outer space backdrop to my  
> > workspace. But as far as I can tell BackSpace only acts like a screen  
> > saver while logged onto an individual account. It cannot act as a  
screen  
> > saver in the login panel mode. That's how we need it since our  
machines  
> > are in public use. Is there a way to make BackSpace a login mode  
screen  
> > saver? Right now we use the "bouncing login panel" as our login mode  
> > screen saver.

Well apparently I was right. BackSpace CAN'T work at the login panel mode.  
So...now I am making an official request that the next person who works on  
changing BackSpace try to make it work for the login panel also if  
possible. (Is it possible?)

I got several responses telling me how to make my login screen turn black.  
Thanks for the thought, but the 3.0 "bouncing login panel" beats  
"blackness". Especially now that we know how to add custom tiff files on  
top of the login panel ala' Crazy Greg's House 'o Programmers'  
"SteveJagger".

My point was partly in response to the originator of this thread. Everyone  
responded to him that BackSpace was the solution to his problem. I was  
only trying to point out its limitation to the original poster to avoid  
any confusion. Many people (myself included) think of screensavers in only  
in terms of the login panel, because our machines are publically  
available. In these environments the rule is "When you walk away from the  
machine, LOGOFF STUPID." And then so much for BackSpace. I suggest that in  
the future, when recommending BackSpace as we frequently do on the USENET,  
mention this limitation. It may be important depending on the environment.

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Greg Colello
Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Stanford University
gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)