> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Nanley Chery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:06:26 -0500 > Subject: Too many printing apps > As of now, we have three printing applications: one for Managing Print > Jobs, another for setting the Default Printer, and another for managing > Printing settings. Respectively, these entries exist under Accessories, > Preferences, and Administration; this is excessive. > I think we should just have one or two apps. We already have the > ability to set the default printer in the Printing app, so the Default > printer > app is not needed. And maybe we could embed some > print-job-management-functionality in the Printing app. If that isn't > possible, > then we should move the app to administration to reallocate some cruft. > These three apps add an unnecessary amount of complexity to the OS (a tad > reminiscent of some KDE distros I've used). > The only hurdle is that the Printing app is a tool requiring root > privileges and the others don't. It may be (by design) that the other > two apps were provided for non-admin users to manage their printing > preferences and jobs. If this is the case, would it be possible to have > the Printing app globally accessible, requiring a password only when > some options are chosen? or even multiple printing profiles?
As far as i can see, i agree that these 3 dialogs need to be combined. This will *greatly* help with the goal of user friendliness. As Nanley mentioned, you could just have a password prompt when changing any "admin" options or when accessing an "admin section" of the dialog. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
