User Accounts

We need a decent interface to manager user accounts. For this we will use the accountservice package.

It should be possible to add and remove accounts and edit the following settings: name, real name, password, automatic login, user picture and language.

After evaluating a few user-settings-dialogs (e.g. users-admin) I came up with this first mockup:
A few things that still bother me about it:

• The avatar feels natural in the right top, but leaves a lot of empty space on its left
  • Suggestion: move the “Personal Details” title down so that it bottom-aligns with the avatar and is close to the actual fields. — Jannis Pohlmann 2011/11/27 14:23
    • Nice idea, I'll try that and update the mockup accordingly. — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 14:27
• The userlist-add and -remove buttons could maybe just be small “+” and “-” buttons instead of the fat ones
• The edit-icons for the username and realname should be sitting on gtk-buttons
  • Why not make it a GtkEntry readable by default, with an edit icon placed on the right side (gtk_entry_set_icon) that toggles the field readable/writable — Mike Massonnet 2011/11/27 10:31
    • I like that idea, it's simple. — Jannis Pohlmann 2011/11/27 14:23
    • Seconded. That makes a lot more sense. — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 14:27
• the positioning isn't perfect yet
• “Userlist” is not an English word, AFAIK. I think it should really be “Users”. — Jannis Pohlmann 2011/11/27 14:23
  • Yeah, I had that there before. I agree that it should at least be changed to “User list” or simply reverted to “Users”. — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 14:27

Feedback is appreciated! — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/26 23:23

• I like how the avatar and the user's real name are grouped — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:12
• Is changing the account-type part of the accountservice-package? (if yes, maybe complete the list of features/settings in the specification above) — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:12
  • Yes, but only when authenticated (Unlocked), see act-user.h for the API. — Nick Schermer 2011/11/28 10:36
• Password: “Change Password…” seems like a duplication, either dropping the label or renaming the button to “Change…” would resolve this — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:12
  • Yes a single button is indeed better. — Nick Schermer 2011/11/28 10:36
  • We can also move the password button next to the picture settings, like Mac OS X has.

Responding to a few ideas/questions posed above, I reworked the first draft:

Open Issues:

• Dropped the username-changing (do we really want people to do that?) — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:14
• Label on top of a GtkEntry: inconsistent with other settings-dialogs (labels are always on the left) — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:14
• Quite a bit of whitespace on the right bottom — Simon Steinbeiß 2011/11/27 16:14