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[Martin Albisetti <martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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