On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 09:29, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 05:21:13PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > 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. > > I disagree. The action menu currently holds the items "lock the session" > and "close the session". The "switch users" item needs to go right > beside these two, unless you want to remove them from the action menu > too ? Why fight the place were most users will look for it, and try to > hide this functionality somewhere nobody will find it. > well, then, get the patch I sent and fight for it to be included :-)
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