Re: [Ayatana] 'Control Center' should be in 'Launcher' not in 'Session Menu'

Subject: Re: [Ayatana] 'Control Center' should be in 'Launcher' not in 'Session Menu'

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:59:10 +0100

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 16:56, Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11 March 2011 15:43, Lee Hyde <anubeon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/03/11 14:41, Mark Curtis wrote:
>> Someone else suggested putting it in the Me Menu
>> This would solve both problems of not being close to Shut Down nor
>> cluttering up the Launcher
>>
> I can't imagine any justification for placing a Control Centre entry
> within the Me Menu (other than desperation). It simply doesn't fit the
> Me Menus brief in that it has nothing to do with identity and online
> status. One could make a case for including an entry for Users and
> Groups within the Me Menu, but a Control Centre entry would be even more
> misplaced than the current (in stock Maverick) Ubuntu One entry (which
> oddly enough is moving to the Messaging Menu in Natty).
>
> Regards,
>
> Lee.

Absolutely, the control center doesn't fit at all in any of the
indicators (although certain elements of it do).

Luke.

exactly.

Semantically correct would be "Session Preferences" or "Session Options" or "Session Settings" or something session-related.

This is an opportunity to get the wording right for once.. In that case, the session menu would be the right place.

and "Session Preferences" could then reveal a page containing settings like the following:

* Notifications [ON | OFF]

* Screensaver [ON | OFF]

* IDLE Timeout [ ... ]

* ...

but Control Center is something i can live with, even if it doesn't quite correspond with "Session Preferences" yet..