Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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On Mar 27, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Brad Johnson wrote:
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If you wish to have only one help text area, then the layout of the
entire panel should be changed IMHO. Possibly like this example offered
by Øivind Hoel.
/-------------------------------------------------------\
| | |
| [I] Log out | Click this button if you want |
| (I) Switch user | to log out of your session. |
| (I) Lock screen | You will be greeted by the |
|-----------------------| GDM login screen once your |
| (I) Sleep | session has ended. |
| (I) Hibernate | |
| (I) Restart | |
| (I) Shut down | |
| | |
\-------------------------------------------------------/
...
There could even be a wizard to help people decide which option to
choose ...
But seriously, if I discovered that any other device I'd bought had a
power switch this complicated, I'd return it to the shop for a refund.
- -- Matthew Paul Thomas
You have a point there, but the explanation is not making things
complicated; it's only an acknowledgement of the fact that the *options*
are complicated.
That can be changed by either removing options (sleep, hibernate,
restart) which we don't want, or by splitting the stuff in sections.
Currently the division is "low impact on system" vs. "high impact". I'm
in favor of "pause session" vs. "end session" (which would put
hibernate/switch-user/lock in the first an reboot/shutdown/logout in the
last).
Whatever the subdivision is, if the help-stuff is subtle (for example at
the bottom), the help-stuff itself does not complicate things.
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