just to catch up, what was the agreed issue with the existing logout
dialog? i ask more in the sense of it's layout and relative size than the
icons themselves..
julian
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So after much discussion the global opinion is something like this:
1) Some like the fancy dialog, some don't
2) Most people agree that the dialog is not completely self-explanatory
3) because of 2), the sabdfl is in favor of explanatory text (and that's
the obligatory global opinion then :))
4)
Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
A better use of our time would be figuring out how to disable options
that don't work on specific hardware! Perhaps some sort of "oops I
failed to hibernate" tracking could be used to hint the system that it
really, really does not want to offer the hibernate option any
moin moin ;-)
I am such an user, who doesn't know the difference - and I tell you - I
am confused about that really big Logout-"picture" with so many options.
In Germany we sometimes say "weniger ist mehr" (less is more) and so I
agree with Henrik. Those users, who want to use "hibernate" will
Mark Shuttleworth a écrit :
> Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
>> IMO it would be best to only show one of these options to the average
>> user. (It would be useful to have some real-world data on which of
>> these people use most often -- sleep I guess -- and how many people
>> regularly use both options
Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
IMO it would be best to only show one of these options to the average
user. (It would be useful to have some real-world data on which of
these people use most often -- sleep I guess -- and how many people
regularly use both options.
Except the
Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
IMO it
would be best to only show one of these options to the average user.
(It would be useful to have some real-world data on which of these
people use most often -- sleep I guess -- and how many people regularly
use both options.
Except there's a darn good reaso
Andy Somerville wrote:
I think theres hardly anyone (who doesnt know beforehand) who thinks
the hibernate/sleep functionality is clear. Maybe its been suggested
before, but should we consider renaming these? (regardless of what
other changes are made)
IMO it would be best to only show one of th
Manu Cornet wrote:
As a matter of fact, I seldom do mere mockups, most of the time I also
write actual patches (and I sent this one to Seb by email along with
those captures) :) Seems like it is on its way to be uploaded soon.
Rock star :-)
Huh, did I misunderstand the meaning of "fac
Eric Feliksik wrote:
Matthew East
wrote:
Just to stick in two more cents, I agree with
mpt: a logout dialogue
that needs explanatory text is _really_ doing something wrong. The
labels and the icons should be clear enough.
Matt
Ok, but then the real quest
Hi !
> > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/dialog.png
> > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/logout.png
> > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/hibernate.png
> Interesting!
>
> I quite like the explanatory text. Daniel, is that easy to factor in?
As a matter of fact, I seldo
On 4/4/06, Petr Tomeš <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2006/4/4, Sandis Neilands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I agree with you. So far i haven't seen any advantage in using
> > ubuntu's custom logout instead of gnome's default. I know this is
> > unpopular but
> > 1) If the new logout doesn't solve more (o
2006/4/4, Sandis Neilands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I agree with you. So far i haven't seen any advantage in using
> ubuntu's custom logout instead of gnome's default. I know this is
> unpopular but
> 1) If the new logout doesn't solve more (or more important) problems
> than it creates or
> 2) we are
Hello!
On 4/4/06, Eric Feliksik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, but then the real question is, then: Do you think it's clear, now?
> Do you think Aunt Tilly understands the difference between hibernation,
> shutdown and sleep? Logout and switch user?
>
> I personally don't think so. So we either
Matthew East wrote:
Just to stick in two more cents, I agree with mpt: a logout dialogue
that needs explanatory text is _really_ doing something wrong. The
labels and the icons should be clear enough.
Matt
Ok, but then the real question is, then: Do you think it's clear, now?
Do you think Au
> >
> > * "Log out" as the name of the menu entry is definitely misleading, and
> > we're trying to find the best wording to replace it (suggestions
> > welcome !).
How about 'Leave the Computer'
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Manu Cornet wrote:
Here's a new version of the dialog :
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/dialog.png
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/logout.png
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/hibernate.png
Interesting!
Many people found that the dialog was too large ; therefore, I stack
Manu Cornet wrote:
* "Log out" as the name of the menu entry is definitely misleading, and
we're trying to find the best wording to replace it (suggestions
welcome !).
If we put them all together, maybe "exit" is the right word. Whether you
lock&leave or log-out, that's up to you. Either you
Hi !
Here's a new version of the dialog :
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/dialog.png
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/logout.png
http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/hibernate.png
Many people found that the dialog was too large ; therefore, I stacked
the help m
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