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[Toni Ruottu <toni.ruottu@xxxxxx>]

Here is a mockup of my idea.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Toni Ruottu <toni.ruottu@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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