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 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, and basically looked at the screen for 30 seconds while the countdown finished and shut down the computer automatically on his laptop. When I asked why, he firmly responded "because the computer shuts down properly that way".
Since then, I've asked a few people about it, and while guesses vary, I've had 2 more people give me a similar answer. I wonder if we couldn't re-design that dialog so it's clear that in reality you should be clicking the button immediately.
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 wireframe, but I'm interested in getting some more eyes and brains on the problem before.
Thoughts? -- Martin
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