App menu: Make it easier to distinguish between templates and app qubes #9655
Labels
C: app menu
The primary user-facing GUI application menu in Qubes OS
P: default
Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information.
T: enhancement
Type: enhancement. A new feature that does not yet exist or improvement of existing functionality.
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User experience
The problem you're addressing (if any)
I have run into the following scenario a few times. Call it a consequence of being particularly clumsy.
I open a Qube Template and do some configuration. I shut it down so I can use an AppVM. Somehow by this point I forgot the state of my Qubes Application Menu which has left the TEMPLATES menu remain selected. I end up opening one of these TemplateVMs as if it were an AppVM. This is a security problem of course.
Proposed solutions
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The first solution is the easiest, but the second one might just be a good idea in general. Remind users that they need to proceed with caution.
Here is a comparison with some crude editing:
Vanilla comparison between AppVM menu and TemplateVM menu
More distinguishable version
The value to a user, and who that user might be
Prevent user error that compromises security.
Completion criteria checklist
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