On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 14:21, Ryan Verner wrote: > On 16/12/2003, at 10:57 PM, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 07:47, Luis M wrote: > >> Just a quick thought, I was wondering if there is already (done or in > >> development) an applet for switching users fast (a la other OSes which > >> we all know). I know that gdmflexiserver does this on Debian and it's > >> already part of the System Tools menu, however, I think it would be > >> nice > >> to have it as a menu in Actions->Switch User > >> > > I sent a patch for adding that action, and it was decided that the > > Actions menu was not its place. It's better done in the screensaver, so > > that when you lock your workstation, another user can come to the PC > > and > > open a new session, or switch to an existing one. > > Well, sure, but shouldn't *both* exist? > well, the Actions menu does not really seem its place. Probably, an applet could be a good idea, so that people using the feature can just add that applet.
Or even better, it would be really nice if gdm were able to add a system tray icon once there is more than one open session, and thus allow users to switch from one to the other, avoiding the applet/action menu. > Having to load the screensaver > to swap users seems quite a strange solution, although if the user > walks away from his workstation (and locks it, or the screensaver comes > up automatically), it's certainly a logical solution. > > The facility to do this in the screensaver; is this going to be added > into xscreensaver, or a gnome-specific fork of the application (which > can understand Gnome stuff)? > you'd probably better ask in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers
