Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

[lord metroid <lordmetroid@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 W Bjurman

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From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ivanka Majic <ivanka.majic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, December 9, 2009 7:37:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

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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, 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.
>...

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.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionTerminationConfirmation>

I think this would have prevented the problem you observed.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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