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Re: User-Indicator/Me-Menu shows icon AND user-name (adds clutter to 11.10)

 

I think that could be difficulty to design i'm such a way that it doesn't
look like a glitch.
On Sep 18, 2011 10:04 AM, "nick rundy" <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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)
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> Den 17. sep. 2011 22:35, skrev nick rundy:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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