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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with this statement because Ubuntu would look a little more
professional with a "Session" lens. This way, it won't clutter up the dash
any more than it has to.

---Ryan

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Eylem Koca <eylemkoca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  This is all just wrong. Why are the logout, shut down, restart controls
> needed in Dash? Why repeat the same functionality that's already there in
> the power-cog? It just adds clutter, nothing more. If a keyboard shortcut is
> sought after, then the Alt-F4 dialog should be improved instead. Having to
> activate Dash, type "shu" and press return is not a "short"-cut anyway...
> Plus, from what I saw in OMG Ubuntu, if you type "logout", the first entry
> is restart?!? So, if you press return after that...
> I think it's a useless repetition of functionality but if you really want
> to have this in Dash, please at least implement it right. Session management
> actions are not applications. A new Lens called "Session Management" or
> "Session" should be implemented with "Restart", "Logout", "Shutdown",
> "Suspend", and "Hibernate". Plus, searches for other common terms should
> direct to logical items. E.g. "halt","shut", "quit", or "exit" should bring
> shutdown, "reboot" should bring restart, "sleep" should bring suspend,
> "logoff" should bring logout, etc. Searching for "session" should bring all
> of them. Of course, with a new lens, these could (should) be mouse-clicked
> too.
>
> Eylem
>
>
>
> On 10/10/2011 3:52 PM, Thibaut Brandscheid wrote:
>
>
>  I don't think matching any terminal commands in the applications lens
>> is a good idea. The Alt+F2 command lens is a better place for that.
>>
>  Now we have session management in the Dash. It is absurd to relearn the
> commands for the Dash because they use different names or have a space in
> it. All I suggest is to show the same search result for e. g.:
> 'shut down', 'shutdown' or 'halt'.
>
> *Alt+F2*
> Is not the right place - IMHO. To shutdown the computer I would have to
> write:
> 'gksudo halt' → pw → press Enter
>  ... this is way to long. I would prefer then the cog.
>
>  *Dash*
> open Dash + tip 'halt' + two times Enter → much better and faster
>
>
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