Hi all, the "Oops! Something has gone wrong! [Logout]" screen appears much too early, i.e., it appears also when the problem is rather without consequences like some broken extension.
For example, I've just tried to install the show-a-looking-glass button extension and restarted the shell using "r" at the command prompt. Somehow, that didn't work and that Oops screen popped up. Unfortunately, I had lots of applications open, partly with unsaved work. Logging out as the Oops screen forces users to do would have meant data loss. But the shell was basically working fine. Why I know that? I could press the windows key, which showed the desktop for a fraction of a second and then activated the fully working overview. From there, I could switch workspaces, close applications, and I even managed to correctly confirm quit confirmation dialogs by deactivating the overview and choosing the right button in the fraction of a second before the Oops screen appeared again. So, please, revamp that Oops screen so that it only pops up if there's really a fatal error. In any case, the user should be able to cleanly close his applications. If the error is that fatal that workspace switching doesn't work anymore, that's bad luck, but still the user has a chance to close at least the current workspace's apps. IMHO, a good solution would be making the Oops screen a non-closable dialog with [Logout] button that is visible on all workspaces. Bye, Tassilo _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
