Le jeudi 09 février 2006 à 13:45 +0000, Bill Haneman a écrit : > > Paolo Borelli wrote: > > > - the timeout of death :). I see from your response that this is > > > supposed as a way to quit with just one click, but is this really > > > useful? Does anyone really waits 60 seconds staring at it? Would > > > people in a lab just let the contdown run and go away from the pc? > > > What if after the time runs out the logout an app with unsaved docs > > > pops up a confimation dialog? > > > Most importantly is it just me or having a countown gives to the user > > > a sense of anxiety? Reminds me of "This message will autodestroy > > > in..." :) > > You are not alone. It adds something like "come on, the time runs out" > > feeling, as for me. > > Also, it's an accessibility violation to have anything involving > user-response that's timeout-based (unless the timeout is > configurable). This adds an additional (necessary) complication to > auto-dismiss dialogs and the like, which may swing the cost/benefit > balance away from their favor.
Would it be okay to disable the countdown if accessibility is enabled? Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list