Re: As a Different User
Re: As a Different User
- Subject: Re: As a Different User
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:42:23 +0200
On fredag, juli 6, 2001, at 02:37 , Erik J. Barzeski wrote:
I don't think "logging in beside" another user is a big deal.
However, it'd be nice to be able to launch an app as a different user.
Thus, while dad's surfing, Bobby can launch Mail as "bobby" and get his
email from his mac.com account.
All that would really require - I think - is the ability to open an app
as a different user, and all that requires is a prompt for the
username/password and the use of that user's userDefaults file.
This seems like it could be done. Perhaps even in a "virtual desktop"
thing like that Space open source thingy. Maybe two copies of Mail
could be
running - one in each virtual "space."
But you would still have to authenticate / authorize yourself to be able
to run applications as another user - and if you do that, why not do a
"real" login to your user space where you have all your familiar
settings and applications available? I think that the user experience
would be much greater, and it would be much easier to explain for
beginner users.
j o a r