"(as superuser)" is appended to titles of windows owned by root
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Compiz |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Metacity |
New
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Low
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
metacity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli |
Bug Description
In Lucid, the string " (as superuser)" is appended to titles of windows owned by root. I understand that this may be a useful feature for technical users, but it is tech-speak and not useful for the average user.
The only argument I can think of for adding this string is the following:
1. Users sometimes accidentally harm their system/data when they interact with windows running as root.
2. Adding "(as superuser)" to window titles will make users aware when windows are running as root.
3. Users understand the consequences of running a window as root and will modify their behavior to take extra care.
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4. Users will not accidentally harm their system/data.
I think premise 2 is false because users often do not read title bars and "superuser" is tech-speak (as is "root" or "administrator" or any similar string). I also think premise 3 is false because the class of users that will make catastrophic errors by interacting with windows as root is not a class of users that understands the consequences...
This string should be removed because it is tech-speak and ineffectual.
Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in compiz: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in metacity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in metacity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: gloam |
Changed in metacity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks) |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in metacity: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in metacity: | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
Upstream comments:
" Thomas Thurman [metacity developer] blogs.gnome. org/metacity/ 2010/02/ 08/as-superuser -considered- harmful/ "
See also this Metacity blog post:
http://