First thing that seems wrong with the dialog is the placement of buttons in relation to the message. We should decide whether this is a message for the cancel button saying "You have x seconds left to cancel poweroff", or whether it is a message for shutdown button saying "this button will be automatically pressed after x seconds". So I'd start by positioning the buttons vertically "far" away from each other and placing the text next to one of the buttons. This is what I believe they teach us on user interface courses in Helsinki University.
--Toni On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Martin Albisetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello ayataners, > > A comment from someone during the weekend sparked a few questions for me on > how we've implemented the shutdown dialog (attached), and I wanted to get > some more brains on it, as it may be something relatively simple to fix. > > Someone I know uses Ubuntu just about the same as they used to use Windows, > they don't know much about the OS (and don't care). I was spying him from > behind, and saw that he hit the shutdown option, and basically looked at the > screen for 30 seconds while the countdown finished and shut down the > computer automatically on his laptop. When I asked why, he firmly responded > "because the computer shuts down properly that way". > > Since then, I've asked a few people about it, and while guesses vary, I've > had 2 more people give me a similar answer. > I wonder if we couldn't re-design that dialog so it's clear that in reality > you should be clicking the button immediately. > My understanding is that the countdown is there to: > - Prevent mistakes and allow you to bail out > - In case you hit shutdown and left without reading, it would shutdown > automatically eventually > > I'm tempted to jump into a wireframe, but I'm interested in getting some > more eyes and brains on the problem before. > > > Thoughts? > > > -- > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
