[Bug 343219] [NEW] Adding Fast User Switcher applet causes shut down options to disappear from System menu

[Dylan McCall]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: fast-user-switch-applet

Upon adding the Fast User Switch applet, the log out and shutdown
options in the System menu disappear. This is obviously intentional, but
it is not a good idea.

* This goes against that "buttons shall not move" philosophy we generally try to uphold.
* The fast user switch applet does not properly duplicate the functionality found in the system menu. Where is our direct path to jump back to GDM while staying logged in?
* A user may just prefer using the menu. Maybe he has mobiliy problems and prefers to use Alt F1 to open the main menu than to tab over to FUSA.
* The shutdown and logout options were there with the last release.
* A user who quickly switches between user accounts may have the occasional account without the FUSA applet added, in which case logging out involves clicking a completely different button.
* Ubuntu is CONSTANTLY changing its log out and shut down GUI. Like, every release it's different. Perhaps users who follow Ubuntu but like stability would enjoy a release where this procedure does not change because it was just about right last time.

Now don't get me wrong, it's a nice thought. I like the idea of clearing
up menus and not having redundant options. In this case, however, there
are many usability issues inherent especially given that FUSA is
optional. Further, the System menu is, if anything, too short; not too
big.

Unless there is solid evidence to say that nobody but me ever used the
Log Out, Shut Down, etc. items from the menu, the change needs to be
reverted for the sake of usability.

** Affects: fast-user-switch-applet (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Adding Fast User Switcher applet causes shut down options to disappear from System menu
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