Comment 2 for bug 372493

Hello,

Thank you for responding so quickly.

Le 08 mai 2009 à 09h06, Chris Coulson a écrit :
> I don't understand why this patch is a good idea for most users. Am I right
> in understanding that if you set
> "/apps/fast-user-switch-applet/show_screen_item
> = never", then the "Switch User" option does not even display when there are
> more than 15 users? If that's the case, then how does one switch user when
> there are more than 15 users? That sort-of completely defeats the purpose of
> the f-u-s-a if that is the case, and I think your use case is quite unusual
> (wanting to permanently hide the "Switch User" option because it confuses
> your users). If you don't want to see that option and you have more than 15
> users, you would be better off just not using the applet at all.

Ok... I understand.

But you'd be surprised to see the percentage of people who choose "switch
user" to make way for the next user in a room with public computers ;)

If I stop using f-u-s-a, there is a disconnect choice in the System menu.
But when I click on it, it proposed me "disconnected" or "swith user" !...
It is even worse. It is very disturbing for users, who can not always
understand the difference between these two choices.

I continue to believe that Ubuntu Jaunty lacks a simple way to disable the
"switch user" feature. GConf /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_user_switching
completely hide f-u-s-a : after that, there is no way to disconnect from the
machine, no button ...

Finally, the problem is that fusa has a bad name :) This applet can also
disconnect, turn off the computer, reboot, which shows the presence, etc..

I will continue to use my own patched version of fusa, because my users
really like the presence feature.

Thanks,
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Thomas NOEL <email address hidden> http://www.auf.org/
Coordinateur des infrastructures techniques
Administration des ressources informatiques
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)