Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

Here is a mockup of my idea. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Toni Ruottu wrote: > First thing that seems wrong with the dialog is the placement of > buttons in relation to the message. We should decide whether this is a > message for the cancel button saying "You have x seconds left to > cancel p

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/09/2009 04:09 PM, mac_v wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:37 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: My original design for the alert had primary text: "Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" The countdown was supposed to be secondary text, not primary text.

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/09/2009 03:37 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: My original design for the alert had primary text: "Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" The countdown was supposed to be secondary text, not primary text. Any ideas why the implementation diverged? -- Mart

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:37 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin Albisetti wrote on 09/12/09 17:27: > >... > > Someone I know uses Ubuntu just about the same as they used to use > > Windows, they don't know much about the OS (and don't care

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 14:27 -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > Hello ayataners, > > A comment from someone during the weekend sparked a few questions for me on > how > we've implemented the shutdown dialog (attached), and I wanted to get some > more > brains on it, as it may be something relativ

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

Siegfried Gevatter wrote: > Without thinking much about it, my suggestion would be to change the > confirmation button from "Shut down" to "Shut down now" and the text > to something like: > > """ > Are you sure you want to shut down? > > You have X seconds to abort the request. > """ I like tha

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 14:27 -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > My understanding is that the countdown is there to: > - Prevent mistakes and allow you to bail out > - In case you hit shutdown and left without reading, it would shutdown > automatically eventually > > I'm tempted to jump into a wiref

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

I never thought of the current text in such a way that you observed but then again I am "computer literate". The proposed text Matthew Paul Thomas posted seems more explanatory and seems to make even a person which is "computer illiterate" to understand what is happening. Best regards Nicklas

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Albisetti wrote on 09/12/09 17:27: >... > Someone I know uses Ubuntu just about the same as they used to use > Windows, they don't know much about the OS (and don't care). I was > spying him from behind, and saw that he hit the shutdown option,

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

Without thinking much about it, my suggestion would be to change the confirmation button from "Shut down" to "Shut down now" and the text to something like: """ Are you sure you want to shut down? You have X seconds to abort the request. """ 2009/12/9 Duncan McGreggor : >  * cancel the shutdown

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

What about this: * change the buttons to say "Really shutdown?" and "Cancel" * below that add text that says "Shutdown request will timeout in X seconds" * cancel the shutdown if the "Really" button isn't pressed d Toni Ruottu wrote: > First thing that seems wrong with the dialog is the place

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

First thing that seems wrong with the dialog is the placement of buttons in relation to the message. We should decide whether this is a message for the cancel button saying "You have x seconds left to cancel poweroff", or whether it is a message for shutdown button saying "this button will be auto

[Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

Hello ayataners, A comment from someone during the weekend sparked a few questions for me on how we've implemented the shutdown dialog (attached), and I wanted to get some more brains on it, as it may be something relatively simple to fix. Someone I know uses Ubuntu just about the same as the