On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:54, Eric Feliksik wrote: > So after much discussion the global opinion is something like this: > > 1) Some like the fancy dialog, some don't
It's consistency over fanciness. Fanciness makes geeks happy. Consistency makes better user experience. What do we want? > 2) Most people agree that the dialog is not completely self-explanatory This is because of too many options, not icons or labels. I can imagine the user shouting "I just want to shutdown the *$% computer". > 3) because of 2), the sabdfl is in favor of explanatory text (and that's > the obligatory global opinion then :)) Even sabdfl can be wrong ;) I understand his figure is there for situations like this, but the fact he can decide if it's going to happen or not doesn't make it a better or worse idea. Also if he thinks that's the final word, he just have to say that and discussion is over (well, in theory). > 4) We all want to offer the user information, but in an implicit/subtle > way (icons, ordering, short texts) as much as possible (instead of long > texts) Simple buttons should be enough > http://librarian.launchpad.net/1632715/logout4x.png could also use an > explanatory text, but the end/pause-session division gives us info that > the icons *don't* (namely, does this log you out or not) > In the current division (keeprunning/powerdown), the info given is > redundant (because the powerdown-options have a power-icon, *and* are at > the bottom) > > (SOCIAL NOTE: I restate this, and restate this, maybe to your annoyment. > Please let me know. I received only a few comments, of which most were > positive, but further it was mostly ignored. I restate this because I > feel *lots* of criticism on the current dialog are taken away to some > extent by this division and the text-headers. If you think this idea > sucks, *let me know* !) -- Jorge Bernal Ordovás <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Warp Networks S.L. http://warp.es/ || http://amedias.org/ -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
