Ubuntu 8.10’s User Switching, Session Terminating Applet

In my post, Ubuntu 8.10: My own first impressions, I stated:

I also really like the subtle changes to the layout of the top panel - I like the new “Shutdown Button” which now uses a drop-down menu, and I was surprised when I realized that it integrated into Pidgin.

Just now I was checking out some links on Linux Today and and came across a link to Ubuntu creator, Mark Shuttleworth’s blog: Ibex design: user switching, presence and session termination where Mark talks at length on the development process of this particular feature.

Be sure to check out his post and learn more about this awesome Ubuntu/Canonical devloped feature new to Ubuntu 8.10!