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** Changed in: fast-user-switch-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343219
Title:
Adding Fast User Switcher applet causes shut down options to disappear
from System menu
Status in NULL Project:
Invalid
Status in “fast-user-switch-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
New
Bug description:
Binary package hint: fast-user-switch-applet
Upon adding the Fast User Switch applet, the log out and shutdown
options in the System menu disappear. This is obviously intentional,
but it is not a good idea.
* This goes against that "buttons shall not move" philosophy we generally try
to uphold.
* The fast user switch applet does not properly duplicate the functionality
found in the system menu. Where is our direct path to jump back to GDM while
staying logged in?
* A user may just prefer using the menu. Maybe he has mobiliy problems and
prefers to use Alt F1 to open the main menu than to tab over to FUSA.
* The shutdown and logout options were there with the last release.
* A user who quickly switches between user accounts may have the occasional
account without the FUSA applet added, in which case logging out involves
clicking a completely different button.
* Ubuntu is CONSTANTLY changing its log out and shut down GUI. Like, every
release it's different. Perhaps users who follow Ubuntu but like stability
would enjoy a release where this procedure does not change because it was just
about right last time.
Now don't get me wrong, it's a nice thought. I like the idea of
clearing up menus and not having redundant options. In this case,
however, there are many usability issues inherent especially given
that FUSA is optional. Further, the System menu is, if anything, too
short; not too big.
Unless there is solid evidence to say that nobody but me ever used the
Log Out, Shut Down, etc. items from the menu, the change needs to be
reverted for the sake of usability.
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