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[Scott Ritchie <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like how the new Lucid shutdown menu glows red when a restart is 
required.  It gives a nice contrast to the other indicators in the panel.

We can extend this idea a little further.  It's current behavior only 
changes the text, from "Restart" to "Restart required..."

It would be rather nice if the color were easily matched to a specific 
menu option indicating WHY the indicator is glowing this way.  So When 
the power icon glows red, we can make the Restart button glow red too, 
calling attention to it in particular rather than the menu as a whole.

The current "Restart required..." text is also a bit inconsistent, as 
usually a series of three dots following a declarative statement 
indicates an explanation of some sort will appear.  What we really want 
is to retain the affirmative verb, as in "Restart (required)..."


Regardless, this kind of "colors indicate something odd in the menu" can 
be used elsewhere.  We already color the message indicator green when a 
new message has arrived.  Perhaps there are other events we can 
color-code as well.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie