I don't care what the reasoning behind it is. Why can't somebody put an
option in the settings dialog? why are we forcing this down people's
throats? I agree it's the right way forward, but users don't see it that
way and there's no reason to force it.

Sincerely,
Josh
On Mar 2, 2012 9:26 AM, "Juan Manuel Santos" <vicariou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, March 02, 2012 13:40:19 Ross Burton wrote:
> > On 2 March 2012 13:19, Adam Tauno Williams
> <awill...@whitemice.org> wrote:
> > >> I like and promote gnome-shell but frankly it is embarrassing to
> have to
> > >> apologise for this design choice to new users. It leaves an
> awkward first
> > >> impression.
> > >
> > > So enable the extension that changes the behavior, then be
> happy.
> > > <https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5/alternative-status-
> menu/>
> >
> > Or press the button that you used to turn it on.  Desktop computers
> > are the only devices in the world (that I can think of) where the
> > "off" button traditionally isn't the same as the "on" button.
> >
> > Ross
>
> I by no means wish to bring this subject back into the mailing list, but I
> think he referred to discussion among developers (actually, I believe it
> would be designers) regarding this feature when it was first brought
> up/implemented.
>
> Anyway, from what I understand, I think most designer's discussions
> are made via IRC, so good luck finding a log on that :(
>
> Cheers
> Juan Manuel
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