On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:37 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin Albisetti wrote on 09/12/09 17:27: > >... > > 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. > >... > > My original design for the alert had primary text: "Are you sure you > want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" The countdown > was supposed to be secondary text, not primary text. > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionTerminationConfirmation> > > I think this would have prevented the problem you observed. > > - -- > Matthew Paul Thomas > http://mpt.net.nz/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAksf7ksACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqG2QCaAwcv/p3YlX1uIXSJne12xrMm > HbYAoIpcdanKLzdxchb9UjoOcZScuaru > =sw6g > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
The mockup is a bit of , the question asked is "Are you sure...." to which the answer should either be "yes" or "no" -- Cheers, mac_v _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
