[Ayatana] User-Indicator/Me-Menu shows icon AND user-name (adds clutter to 11.10)
In the top-panel in the upper-right corner of Oneiric Ocelot where the Indicators list, every indicator has one icon/entry representing it except for the User/Me Indicator. It has two. It displays a human-shaped head/shoulders (bust) AND the written name of the user. It mistakenly gives the impression to users that TWO indicators are represented. Displaying two entries as "one indicator" is unnecessary and ultimately just adds clutter to the top-panel. Every other Indicator displays only one icon/entry in the Top-Panel. For example, the "Envelope" alone is enough to communicate the Messaging-Menu. The User/Me Indicator should only have one entry as well. For the User-Indicator, perhaps the user's name OR the human-bust icon could be used but not both. Or perhaps the human-bust icon could be somehow merged with the written name so that they at least don't physically appear separated (something like what was done with the Session-Indicator gaining the "settings wheel" on the lower right). I regularly look for the Time (clock) Indicator and it can get lost in all the Indicators if it "drifts" too far from the left-most "Session-Indicator."I'm hoping others will agree with me on this issue. I filed a bug report on this here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/852765 ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ayatana] User-Indicator/Me-Menu shows icon AND user-name (adds clutter to 11.10)
Den 17. sep. 2011 22:35, skrev nick rundy: > In the top-panel in the upper-right corner of Oneiric Ocelot where the > Indicators list, every indicator has one icon/entry representing it > except for the User/Me Indicator. It has two. It displays a > human-shaped head/shoulders (bust) AND the written name of the user. > It mistakenly gives the impression to users that TWO indicators are > represented. Is that a mistake? The text indicates which user is logged in. That might be important in many cases, such as a shared computer in an office or in a family. The icon should indicate your availability like it does in 11.04. Then they actually are two different indicators for two different aspects of the same entity, and hence it makes sense to let them share one menu. Jo-Erlend Schinstad ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
