Adding Fast User Switcher applet causes shut down options to disappear from System menu
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NULL Project |
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Undecided
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Baltix |
New
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Undecided
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fast-user-switch-applet (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: fast-user-
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.
Changed in fast-user-switch-applet (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
tags: | added: usability |
affects: | hundredpapercuts → null |
Well said. I have to agree.