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[Toni Ruottu <toni.ruottu@xxxxxx>]

First thing that seems wrong with the dialog is the placement of
buttons in relation to the message. We should decide whether this is a
message for the cancel button saying "You have x seconds left to
cancel poweroff", or whether it is a message for shutdown button
saying "this  button will be automatically pressed after x seconds".
So I'd start by positioning the buttons vertically "far" away from
each other and placing the text next to one of the buttons. This is
what I believe they teach us on user interface courses in Helsinki
University.

  --Toni

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Martin Albisetti
<martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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