I certainly prefer the larger icons, but I question whether or not the
big icon should be on the button. An icon on a button should usually
indicate what the button will do, not what the current state is.

I would suggest having the icon grouped with the string "Your Private
folder is currently...", and have the button to (un)lock as a separate
entity with some space separating them. Of course this doesn't preclude
the big icon _also_ acting as a button to (un)lock, maximising the
clickable area for those that know about it, but it makes it clearer
that the icon is showing the current state, rather than the projected
result of clicking the button.


My original suggestion for a UI was to create a Gnome panel applet for
(un)locking the Private folder, and ideally for there to be integration
into Nautilus and the Open/Save dialogue. Unfortunately I'm not able to
code any of this myself, and Mike was good enough to step up with the
current application. It may not be ideal, but until someone writes
something more appropriate it's better than no UI at all.

As for Nautilus integration, I raised this on the wiki and was informed
that the current implementation of encrypted Private directories is
being handled by the Server Team, who have no remit for anything other
than command-line implementations. I therefore filed an issue in
Launchpad specifically relating to Nautilus integration:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/259799

The position on that issue is that the Desktop Team has no resources
available to work on this, so it should be filed upstream. I haven't yet
done this, so feel free to open an upstream bug if you wish.

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