Re: [Ayatana] Show real name in indicator applet

[mac_v <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 13:40 +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Abhishek Dasgupta wrote: 
> > 2009/12/3 Eduard Grebe <eduardgrebe@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >   
> > > On small-screen devices like netbooks the shorter username is preferable.
> > > 
> > >     
> > 
> > The best thing would be to have a gconf key or a preference to switch
> > between full name, short username and no name at all (I don't need to
> > see my login username always at the corner!)
> >   
> > Abhishek

+1

Though the user name is meaningful when there is a multi-user set-up or
classroom setup as mentioned in the first post , it does not provide any
useful information for a single user setup and it is a waste of pixels.

Either the name need not be displayed for single user systems by
default.

Or , we could use the space for something more meaningful to the user it
would make sense. 

We could have a "mood reader" instead of the name.
The session-menu can be made to detect the activity the user is doing
and alter the "mood status" of the user in the menu. 

This can used along with "the social from start" idea that is planned
for Lucid >
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-lucid-social-from-the-start/

If the user is for 30-60mins 
- working on a work related item , the Mood can be changed to ,
"working" and the gwibber can be automatically brought up and user can
tweet about his hectic day 
-- and if user is working for more than 2hrs on the same item...
"Sweating it out"... 
-- working late hours "burning the midnight oil"
- browsing the web , "surfing" and share pages he found interesting.
- watching a movie the user might want to tweet it "movie"

Why I mention bring up gwibber automatically is because , currently :
- most of the tweets are the user's activity 
- and the user has to make a conscious decision to bring up gwibber and
tweet his status or share thoughts .

But rather if the user wants to use this option we can have the system
prompt a dialogue to ask :
- "Found something interesting on the web you'd want to share?"
- "Having a rough day at work? share with friends?"
- "Watching something interesting you'd like share with friends?"

This would cut down one conscious step the user has to do , to
socialize.

Just a thought ;) and not without loopholes... 

-- 
Cheers,
mac_v