[Xubuntu] Printer Manager in the Control Panel

[Francesco Miglietta]

Users expect having a Printer Manager avaible through the "Xfce Control Panel" (Settings Manager window). The control panel will eventually look more complete too. You can find a quickly mockup I've made below.

(the link points to system-config-printer)

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

I disagree: the settings manager only covers users' settings, not system-wide ones (e.g. proprietary drivers, printers, etc.). And there's already the system menu for that.

(but still, I can change that if more people want that behavior)

[Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco)]

@ Lionel:

uhmm I think that a Setting manager should cover all the settings without distinctions (it covers keyboard, mouse, displays..I think it can cover printers too)

instead the System Menu is an entry of the Application Menu so IMHO it should just cover applications related to the system like task manager, synaptic package manager, update manager, startup disk creator,..) without mixing them with setting related programs..

Setting manager -> all setting related stuff
System menu entry -> all system related applications

it sounds more logical to me..what do you think about it?

Best Regards

Francesco

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

I am happy with this where it is now. I can configure my printers in Oneiric, and can find this in System menu, where it has been for many releases in Xubuntu.

[Francesco Miglietta (miglietta-francesco)]

@ Charlie: generally the "it has been for many releases" is not a good motivation..

anyway it was meant to be just a suggestion so if we had a list of system/user-setting/hardware-setting related applications the logic-operator could be "does this program modify any kind of setting?"

with this question the choise would get easier (and with some logic):

gigolo -> no -> system entry
printings -> yes -> control panel
task manger -> no -> system entry
users & groups -> yes -> control panel
update manager -> no -> system entry
time & date -> yes -> control panel

Regards

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Let me clarify. For the existing users, numbering in tens of thousands, they expect to look in Menu -> System and find this application to set up a printer. For new users, the placement doesn't matter too much, since they don't know where to find anything anyway.

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