On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 19:22 -0500, Robert Park wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Jesse Hutton <jesse.hut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And, the "preferred" way of powering down by logging out and doing it in GDM > > is surely not optimal given that most machines are single user systems. A > > laptop is practically by definition a single user system. Gnome Shell is > > just placing obstacles in a user's way there. > I am having difficulty understanding *either* side of this debate. > Expecting people to power down from GDM is just silly. That's so many > extra clicks for something that should be simple. > For those complaining about the removal of the "power down" option, do > your laptops lack physical power buttons? I have been running Gnome > Shell for months, and I just tap the power button, then the shell asks > me if I want to reboot or power down. Works flawlessly and it's > actually one less click than accessing it from a menu. > I kind of wish people would just stop complaining about this and start > using their physical power buttons. It's been working great for me. I > don't see what the fuss is about.
+1 The noise about this issue is what is insane; how anyone manages to care is something beyond my understanding. (a) there are other ways to power down - the power button [obviously], logging out and shutting down, or using the menu and pressing *one* key. (b) how often do you power down? (c) you can suspend just by closing the lit (d) the actions of closing the lid, pressing the power button, etc... is *easily* changed in system settings; for example, I changed my laptop not to do anything when the lid is closed. (e) there is an extension available [in at least the openSUSE GNOME3 STABLE repo] that adds Suspend & Power Off as discreet items on the menu. Describing people as "suffering" because of this design decision is way beyond absurd. I'm just more convinced a segment of users will attack every single component that was *changed* from GNOME2 to GNOME3; regardless of if it matters at all. _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
