On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:53 -0700, Diego Fernandez wrote:
> Well then couldn't there just be a 'Power Off' and 'Suspend' option in
> the menu then? That doesn't seem too confusing... Suspend = "I'll be
> back in a bit and want to get back to what I was doing". Power Off =
> "I'm done for a while and just want to turn the computer off". Of
> course the power off option should follow current behaviour of asking
> wether one wants to power off or restart.
OK, let's assume the user gets that distinction clear in their mind.
Do they then realize that Suspend is a quite reasonable thing (*) to do
when "back in a bit" means "tomorrow"? Usually, no, they don't.
- Owen
(*) I'm willing to say that turning your computer off at the wall
every night is *also* reasonable for certain users, but if you
crunch the numbers it's spending a lot of time for something that
isn't very high on anybody's carbon footprint..
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