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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.
First drafts
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