It may also be worth considering the points that Joel Spolsky raises in his Joel on Software entry entitied "Choices = Headaches"
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html The question asked is why the user needs so many options. Since Ubuntu is all about making Linux easy and fun, perhaps it is a good candidate distribution to implement such a change. I don't think it is necessary to reduce it down to a single logout option, but the last three that he mentions seems to be a nice balance. Certainly the computer could hibernate from sleep mode after some time has past by. ** Attachment added: "Visual criticism of Vista's logout options" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5231943/21vistaOff.PNG ** Tags added: logout redesign usability -- new layout for logout-dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/50209 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
