One unfortunate reality is, for a lot of new users - especially people who haven't used desktop computers before - their first computer was a mobile device. If

One unfortunate reality is, for a lot of new users - especially people who haven't used desktop computers before - their first computer was a mobile device. If we don't want Apple and Google to take over the entire space, we need to meet them halfway. The lock screen is weird, though, I agree. The newer (blurry background) one is better than the old one with the tedious swipe animation, but really could use a persistent "do this to unlock" prompt / button, because many people just aren't comfortable poking their computer unless they know what it is going to do. A lot of modern UI design unfortunately forgets that. For what it's worth, the original design for GNOME's current lock screen involved bridging the gap between it and the login / switch user screen, which _would_ involve some more UI elements, but the actual implementation must have stalled somewhere.