[Ayatana] User-Indicator/Me-Menu shows icon AND user-name (adds clutter to 11.10)

[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps the text & icon could be connected or placed together without a space separating them? something to make them appear connected?

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Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:45:42 +0200
From: joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx
To: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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

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