[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
One of my hobbies is to shout into the void; bugs are my favourite. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in gnome-control-center: Expired Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: Confirmed => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in gnome-control-center: Expired Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in gnome-control-center: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in gnome-control-center: Incomplete Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Also affects: gnome-control-center via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676912 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in GNOME Control Center: Unknown Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: Unknown = New ** Changed in: gnome-control-center Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in GNOME Control Center: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
Submitted to GNOME Bugzilla as Bug 676912: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676912 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #676912 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676912 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
If you have a padlock on your garage and you're looking at it in the locked position what does that mean...your garage is currently locked. And the opposite is true as well...if it's in the unlocked position (visually), it'd be unlocked! Using the reverse in Ubuntu is counter-intuitive and goes against core principles of making Ubuntu fun and easy to use. Just a detail but it's idiosyncratic details like this that turn people off. This needs fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
What's the normal use? This button is standard as it's provided by GTK. ** Package changed: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) = gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 990377] Re: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 12:53 +, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: What's the normal use? This button is standard as it's provided by GTK. Normal use would be the generally accepted and widely used metaphor - that a closed lock means 'locked', 'safe', 'secure' etc. This is how it has been used for almost the past decade by browsers to indicate that an encrypted connection is being used, how the Mac OS uses it in the same context as in User Accounts, and even how real world objects use the metaphor (attached - a picture of a baby safety lock showing a closed lock indicating locked and an open lock indicating unlocked). I'm not entirely surprised that GTK gives this little bit of insanity, but Ubuntu devs should be able to improve on it. ** Attachment added: real-world-example.jpg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377/+attachment/3113910/+files/real-world-example.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990377 Title: lock icon in User Accounts is at best confusing Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This is a UI issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 The lock/unlock button in User Accounts goes against the normal use of a lock to indicate the locked state, instead meaning the action of locking. This makes the icon confusing. A better approach would be to use the commonly used convention, and not have the lock in the button. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/990377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
