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On 17 Jan, 2006, at 9:32 PM, Ryan Lortie wrote:
I was asked to comment on some possible improvements for the new
logout dialog that dapper has. Here are my comments:
1) It should appear less like a dialog and more like "i own your
screen right now".
Why? Is there any reason for this other than "Microsoft Windows does
it"? (I've never understood why Windows does it.)
Think gksudo.
As far as I know, gksudo owns your screen only for security reasons. Do
any such reasons exist for the logout dialog?
The current dialog allows you to background, windowshade, etc. You
can even get two instances of it open sometimes. Not good.
That you can open two instances of the same dialog is a bug for any
dialog, but that doesn't mean all dialogs should darken the screen.
2) The shortcut key actions should work without pressing Alt. This is
important if the logout dialog is to be triggered by pressing the
power button of the machine (common on laptops). Someone wants to be
able to hit [power] [r] to reboot for example.
Note: goal 2 might conflict with goal 1. Specifically, if it takes a
long time to do the fading effect then the user might hit [r] before
the dialog has fully appeared. No good.
3) Defaults -- If invoked from the logout menu then hitting 'enter'
should logout - not cancel. If invoked as a result of the user
hitting the power button then enter should power down. This default
action should be made clear.
Agreed on all that.
The default button situation could be made more clear by using the
standard HIG dialog layout for the buttons. This probably won't
happen considering the work that has gone into the layout as it
currently is. Thus is the price of violating the HIG :(
...
Yes, HIG-compliant designs involve much less design work. :-)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagementConfiguration?
action=AttachFile&do=get&target=shutdown.jpg
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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