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[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget, users who supress the shutdown confirmation dialog (many users do) have no way to shutdown from the powercog. 

> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:12:42 +0100
> From: krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?
> 
> On 02/26/2012 11:57 PM, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Feb 2012, nick rundy wrote:
> >> I really miss not having the option of rebooting from the panel
> > If reboot were to be added, which other menu item would you remove?
> >
> >    1. What would be the pros (positives) of this change?
> >    2. What would be the cons (negatives) of this change?
> >
> > Would the first outweight the second enough to make it the default?
> >
> > 	-Paul
> >
> >
> @Paul,
> 
> Why is there a need to remove a menu item to introduce Reboot option? I 
> think it would be easier to restart the menu if this option is included 
> in the power cog menu. Sure you can click shutdown and then in the 
> dialog press restart. But why this extra step? What's the harm in 
> introducing an additional menu item in the power cog? More than anything 
> else the reboot is definitely required.
> 
> Nekhelesh
> 
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