Re: Gnome Applet: Fast Switching User
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 desktop-devel-list@gnome.org.
cheers
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