Per user vs. system settings in GNOME 3 (was Re: How do we change fonts now)

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 22:59 +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 17.02.2011, 22:40 +0100 schrieb drago01:
> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Christoph Wickert
> > <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 17.02.2011, 21:31 +0000 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
> > >> On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 14:55 -0500, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> > >> > Please, oh please, someone tell me how to change the fonts in gnome 3
> > >> > now.  My old eyes, even with glasses and a magnifying glass are starting
> > >> > to hurt.
> > >>
> > >> search for "Universal Access" (under system settings), and change the
> > >> "text size".
> > >
> > > So this is a system-wide setting??
> > 
> > No, "system settings" is what the panel is called, it has nothing to
> > do with "system wide"
> 
> In system-settings "Universal Access" is listed under "System" together
> with other settings like "Users" or "Time and Date". This is confusing.
> People need to know what changes affect the whole system and what only
> affects their account. Currently we have this by separating
> "Preferences" from "Administration".

If you disagree with how the different panels and preferences are
sorted, then please file a bug upstream. It won't magically be changed
by making remarks here.