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On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:37 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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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
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The mockup is a bit of , the question asked is "Are you sure...."  to
which the answer should either be "yes" or "no"  


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mac_v