Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

[Eduard Grebe <eduardgrebe@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really like this original design. Most of the other proposed solutions strike me as a little clunky or overly complicated.

The thing is to strike a balance between protecting inexperienced users and irritating experienced users who know what they are doing. I think this design does so. However, ideally one should form a very clear impression of what is going on by looking merely at the buttons. Would it be possible to replace the button text with "Cancel shutdown" and "Shut down now"?

2009/12/9 Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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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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