Re: 'Switch User' action

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 19:41, Carlos Perelló Marín wrote:
> El vie, 05-12-2003 a las 19:27, Calum Benson escribió:
> > On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 18:15, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > 
> > > 	The idea behind the feature is that you *don't* log out ... yet you'd
> > > have to click on "Logout" ?
> > 
> > That's how it works on XP.  I make no further comment :)
> > 
> > To re-iterate Mark's point... what's the actual requirement/typical
> > usage scenario for this feature?  Or are we just considering it "because
> > we can"?
> 
> My typical scenario for this feature is:
> 
> I'm using my computer all day. As soon as I wake up, I turn it on until
> I go to sleep, so I never close my session but I'm not always using it
> and my sister also needs it so If I'm running something I cannot stop
> and I'm not in my house, my sister cannot use the computer (because I
> lock the screen to prevent someone breaks my session).
> 
> With the switch user feature, my sister could just click a button on the
> screensaver's pass dialog and use the computer without problems.
> 
> We don't have the screensaver integration thus the other option I have
> is let anyone use my session and my sister could just select the Switch
> user from the Action menu and she knows that she will not have troubles
> with me because she close any important application from my session.
> 
that should really not be an option. Switch user from your session
should be only for the current user (ie, I've got a 'devel' user with
jhbuild's GNOME, and I tend to switch to that session from my 'rodrigo'
account). But for other users to log in, the option should really be in
the screensaver dialog.

cheers