Right now, despite requests for clocks and other such things, the login page and the locked screen page are both pretty useless in terms of information. The problem is that you could put a clock on that page, but then someone would ask for weather. Then for stocks. Then for news. And so on. The solution: widgets.

We already have widgets that display all the types of information you might want at a glance (and more), but they are stuck on our desktops. Why? Sure, the desktop is a great place to put widgets, but the login page would be even better, since then everyone can see them. Better yet: both places.

With widgets on your login scree, you could put whatever you want there for other people to see as they go past, turning your computer into something of use for everybody, not just you.

Simply making it possible to add widgets to the login and locked screen pages would resolve complaints about adding clocks, weather, etc. and create a far more useful and functional login page, while allowing anyone who likes things clean to leave their login page blank.

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