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10.3: Fast user switching is just another menulet
Authored by: zokdok on Oct 28, '03 04:06:20AM

is there a hint in which someone has found a way to change the text of the fast user switching menu? I would rather have a nice little icon (user image) or an alternate way of switching....

I have a pretty long name and just a small 12" screen..... so it's awfully crowded up there...



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10.3: Fast user switching is just another menulet
Authored by: Curlywee on Oct 28, '03 05:42:32AM

As a stopgap to save menu space you can always shorten your username in the Accounts preference. By default Panther showed my full name here but I've since shortened it.



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10.3: Fast user switching is just another menulet
Authored by: tedlandis on Oct 28, '03 11:15:46PM

So have I, and dropped last names, but what is really needed is a "nickname" in addresses that could be used for this and for iChat. I found the Nickname field (adding it from the Addresses/Preferences/Template) but it doesn't get used anywhere that I can find.



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Replace name with icon for Fast User Switching
Authored by: hamarkus on Mar 30, '04 05:59:49AM

The freeware WinSwitch (http://winswitch.wincent.com/index.html) allows you to replace the (long) username in the menubar, used for Fast User Switching, with a small icon.

Remember to double-click on the MenuCracker.menu and WinSwitch.menu in /Library/MenuExtras to accivate it for any additional user (for the user who installed it, it appears automatically in the menu bar).

The software is based on Fuse, for those who know it.



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