User/Me Indicator shows icon AND written name (adds clutter)

Bug #852765 reported by nick rundy
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Medium
Papercuts Ninjas
Session Menu
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
indicator-session (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In the top-panel in the upper-right corner 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. Displaying two entries as "one indicator" is unnecessary and ultimately just adds clutter to the top-panel. Every other Indicator displays only one icon/entry in the Top-Panel. For example, the "Envelope" alone is enough to communicate the Messaging-Menu. The User/Me Indicator should only have one entry as well.

For the User-Indicator, perhaps the user's name OR the human-bust icon could be used but not both? Or perhaps the human-bust icon could be somehow merged with the written name so that they at least don't physically appear separated (something like what was done with the Session-Indicator gaining the "settings wheel" on the lower right)?

I regularly look for the Time (clock) Indicator and it can get lost in all the Indicators if it "drifts" too far from the left-most "Session-Indicator."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: indicator-application 0.3.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 17 14:23:20 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-application/indicator-application-service
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: indicator-application
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-09 (8 days ago)

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nick rundy (nrundy) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Yes, the menu title should not include an icon. This is a recent change to the specification, though, because I had misunderstood John's design for the menu. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeviceMenuAndUserMenu?action=diff&rev2=11&rev1=10>

affects: ubuntu → indicator-session (Ubuntu)
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Alexander Kallenbach (kallenbachalex) wrote :

From my point of view there should be an icon but not the written name (I know my name). At least the user should be able to choose whether he uses the icon or his name.

Changed in indicator-session:
status: New → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)
milestone: none → precise-5-indicators
Revision history for this message
Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

Ahh, this would have been an easy fix, I wish I'd seen it before now. :)

Changed in indicator-session:
assignee: nobody → Charles Kerr (charlesk)
tags: added: backlog
Revision history for this message
Cruz Bishop (cruzjbishop) wrote :

Moved to Quantal and invalidated, as Unity will no longer be using a user/me indicator/menu

Changed in indicator-session:
assignee: Charles Kerr (charlesk) → nobody
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
milestone: precise-5-indicators → quantal-5-unity
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in indicator-session:
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
Changed in indicator-session:
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Invalid → Fix Released
importance: Low → Medium
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