Comment 5 for bug 501864
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| Hugo Buddel (v-launchpad-hugo-doemaarwat-nl) wrote Re: Switch Users without locking screen | #5 |
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(Get the code!)
The need is choice for *all* accounts: allow the user to decide whether to lock the screen when switching sessions. Like it used to be. (So indeed disable locking is not the solution, nobody claims this.)
Locking the session when 'fast user switching' with "living-room PC's" is often unwanted:
- typing the passwords might take more time than the action that required the switch (e.g. checking email, facebook status update)
- it requires 'hot seat switching' to have the other person type the p.w. (no more "could you switch to my session to check whether XX replied to my email?")
There is simply no logical relationship between "having a password" and "lock the screen when switching users":
- I don't mind anyone accessing my session when I'm physically in the same room: no locking required.
- When I leave the room, I want to lock the session: password required.
(Furthermore I don't understand why this is categorized as 'wishlist' since it is clearly a regression. The *fast* user switching --the 0.5 seconds kind of Jaunty-- is broken.)