Yeah, on my Droid X, I have a PIN set but I still get the slider first. The puzzle lock screen looks very functional so it would be nice to use it while having a password on the phone.
i wonder if it has somehting to do with the Puzzle screen being integrated into Touch Wiz (not sure it fully is) but I am basing that on the ability of the puzzle screen to change when you get a new sms msg ...alot of ROM's will have custom screens like that w/ the ability to jump directly to a particular task. ..
yeha i stil got nothing.. there is a lock screen or 2 in the works with ROMS (a little XDA birdie told me) that may be just want you want but that could be a few...