On 11/03/11 12:39, M. Adnan Quaium wrote: > Just got the news from the following link: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/ubuntu-natty-adds-control-centre-entry-to-session-menu/ > > My opinion is - 'Control Center' should be in 'Launcher' not in 'Session > Menu'. Actually, Session menu has nothing in common with Control Center! > The Control Center should be in launcher. So that people can easily get > access to the control center. I think it'll be very difficult to find > out for the users that to change the preferences of his desktop he has > to go to the Session Menu. Also by placing it on the launcher, it > actually saves one click... :) > > What do you think? > > -- > M. Adnan Quaium > Unless of course you're of the opinion (as I am) that the control centre relates to session management/administration. Although I understand for some this could be seen as a bit of a leap. I would certainly accept that there is a justification for including the control centre in the launcher (perhaps as an option). It could be placed with the recycle bin at the bottom of the screen. On 11/03/11 14:21, Kévin PEIGNOT wrote: > I agree, maybe even with a dedicated unity-place instead of > the traditionnal control center. > > -- > Envoyé depuis gmail, via Firefox 4 sur Ubuntu 10.10 I do like that idea; a means of highlighting administrative applications and separating them from the hoi polloi of the regular applications could be useful. On 11/03/11 13:25, M. Adnan Quaium wrote: > Another problem is, there is a chance to click the SHUT DOWN button > mistakenly while clicking the CONTROL CENTRE. > > -- > M. Adnan Quaium > It was my understanding that such was the reasoning behind the shut-down and restart confirmation dialogues. As an aside, why were similar dialogues for standby and hibernate abandoned. That decision never made much sense to me, and I do hope it's reversed at some point. I can't count the number of times (actually I can, it's 4) that I've accidentally put my computer into standby/hibernation via Docky's session docklet. Regards, Lee Hyde. -- "It is characteristic of theistic "tolerance" that no one really cares what the people believe in, just so they believe or pretend to believe." -- Emma Goldman, The Philosophy of Atheism (1916)
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