On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 18:07, Michael J Daniel < michael.j.dan...@comcast.net> wrote:
> ** > On 11/16/2011 02:13 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 21:24, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Why do we need to optimize the ability to shutdown anyway? As a rule, >> you'll only do it once per session, and it's not like it's hard to access >> as it is now. >> >> > There are many things that are not done often, and the goal is that at > the end of the day you won't do anything more than once, because the > computer already understands the context of what you are attempting to > initiate, and complements your gestures with the desired context > intelligently. > > > This is a wrong understanding of reality. > It implies the ability an automaton to see the future. > This is not an ability, recognized as characteristic of any known thing in > our small corner of space-time. > interesting way of seeing it, yet if you read exactly, you will find the word "intelligently". I don't think a toaster needs to see the future to afford heuristics for its 3 most common use cases, and the same goes for any machine. > > Please don't let your zeal to win an argument, > push you from the rational to the emotional. > It is already hard enough to have a useful discussion with this many > diverse people. > > > positioning a rarely used element correctly for once is a key solution, > which will lead the way for the positioning of other such rarely used > elements. > and Shutdown, as rarely as it will be used, should be accessible. I would > feel very uncomfortable, if i didn't know where to find that "Power button" > immediately. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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