System->Administration cleanup

Matthew Paul Thomas mpt at canonical.com
Tue Oct 21 18:28:44 UTC 2008


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Jonathan Ernst wrote on 21/10/08 13:48:
>...
> I always explain my users that System->Preferences modifies things about
> the current user and System->Administration modifies system related
> things (requiring a password and affecting all users). However some
> applications in these places make my "definition" wrong.
> 
> What do you people think about it ?
>...

This distinction is blurring. See for example "System" >
"Administration" > "Users and Groups", which lets you change your own
account settings *or* enter an admin password to change others; and
"System" > "Preferences" > "Keyboard" > "Layouts" > "Apply System-Wide",
which lets you apply your personal keyboard settings to the login screen
(and to any user accounts created afterward).

I'm working on a design to combine the "Preferences" and
"Administration" menus into something more wieldy.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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