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

 

Given that Windows puts it's Control Panel link in the same “space” as its
session management options¹ this is at the very least consistent and pretty
familiar behaviour.

¹ A sample image I pulled off Google:
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sshot20091028222007.png

2011/3/11 M. Adnan Quaium <adnan.quaium@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> May be it can be renamed as "Desktop Preferences" or any suitable name (if
> it is possible) rather than "Control Centre"...
>
> On 11 March 2011 16:43, 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.
>>
>> --
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>> financial reward without getting it. There is no other way."
>>
>>        -- Douglas Wilson
>>
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