Wording of "switch user" was: Improved Quit Dialog

[Sebastian Heinlein - glatzor]

Am Samstag, den 27.05.2006, 09:46 -0700 schrieb Mike Fedyk:
> Hi,
> 
> [ If something is being done about this already please let me know. ]
> 
> One thing that bothers me about the logout dialog is that it has the 
> same problem that I see on Windows XP all of the time.  Users want to 
> change logins but use "switch user" without realizing that by doing so 
> they leave all of the programs open in the other login.  They will login 
> multiple users when they really only have enough memory for one.  And 
> they wonder why their system is so slow.
> 
> This is all because "switch user" has a direct connection in their mind 
> to what they want to do and "log out" does not.  Here is a short list of 
> possible solutions that I can think of quickly:
> 
> Rename "log out" to "log out and switch user"
> Rename "switch user" to something else.
> Remove the "log out" button and add a check box below the "switch user" 
> button labeled "and log out" that defaults to checked and have the last 
> state of the check box saved per-user.
> 
> Comments please.

Thanks for your comment and interest in the development of Ubuntu,
but...

1. the term "log out..." was replaced in favor of "quit..."

2. there is a tooltip for "switch user" in the Ubuntu log out/quit
dialog

3. please use the bug tracking system

Regards,

Sebastian