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Confusing greeting: “Look who’s at the keyboard.” #49009

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@twardoch

What variant of Codex are you using?

Codex UI — greeting text.

What feature would you like to see?

Replace the greeting “Look who’s at the keyboard.” with clear, useful copy, such as “What would you like to work on?”

The current wording is confusing and unhelpful. I had to ask what it meant before I could make sense of it. An explanation that it is a playful greeting does not solve the underlying usability problem: the interface should be understandable without asking the assistant to explain its copy.

The phrase gives no guidance about what I can do next, and its idiomatic meaning may be especially unclear to people who are not native English speakers. Please use plain, actionable language for this greeting.

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This report concerns the wording itself. No crash or functional failure is involved.

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  1. github-actions commented on Sep 28, 2026

    @github-actions
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    Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

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  2. blunket commented on Oct 8, 2026

    @blunket

    #48913 (comment)
    Good news, they removed the feature altogether.

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