Who wrote: > Hi all, > > in XFCE, Thunar and Mousepad do a nice trick of having a red box when > you're running the app as superuser to warn you that bad things could > happen. > > I really like this, I think it makes it really clear that you need to > watch out. I tried some ways to replicate it on Ubuntu/GNOME. I came > up with a solution that gives a really clear clue to the user that > doesn't require any apps to be modified (see the screenshot). It is > this: > > Create or choose a read icon and gtk theme, place those in the .icons > and .themes directory in /root, and then make that theme have the same > name as the icon and gtk themes being used by the user - obviously > when a user changes their theme this will be lost, but many people > don't change their theme (arguable those who do don't need such cues) > and there might be a way to adapt it to make it more flexible... > > Here is a screenshot to demonstrate what I'm talking about... Nothing > says 'beware' like red folder icons, right? > In that screenshot you can also see the way red bar in Thunar. > > What do people think - worth pursuing?
I'll poke around and ask the -desktop team about this. I'm unsure if there's a policy on installing stuff to /root. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
