On 08/04/2011 06:37 AM, Iki Sham wrote:
I've been using GNOME 3 daily for about two months. I like it. It's
simple and works better than GNOME 2.
I like some new features, but after many months of use, I am frequently
frustrated with new behaviors that require more time and interaction to
accomplish tasks. Kind of like removing the command line for someone
that has lived in it for years.
But, although this has been discussed a lot and it seems the devs
settled for keeping 'Suspend' the default in the menu, I really
think this would be trying to push a view (and a user case) of just a
few into the whole. For desktops and casual PC users (maybe not for
programmers; I'm not one) the default option should really be 'Power
Off...'. Currently one can't even shut down the computer one-handed
(talk about a11y options...) ;-)
I just assumed that all those menu options available after clicking on
the user name in the top right corner were broken. I tried logoff a few
times, but the results were a wee bit frightening (as in it totally
shutdown the GUI and left things in a strange state).
You say that there is a way to power-off? Please do tell....
Currently, when I want to shutdown or reboot (which I rarely ever do), I
drop to the command line and use the shutdown command. A less lazy
person would write scripts then figure out how to add them to the menus.
More seriously, if this issue is settled and won't change, please add
a configuration option to alternate between 'Suspend' and 'Power
Off...' as the default for shutting down the computer. Then if it's
really preferable to keep 'Suspend' for laptops and smartphones,
desktop users could set it to 'Power Off...' (and 'Suspend' would
show with the Alt key).
Gnome seems highly configurable, but the configuration option is likely
hidden in a place that you will never find :-)
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
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