Andy Somerville wrote:
I think theres hardly anyone (who doesnt know beforehand) who thinks the hibernate/sleep functionality is clear. Maybe its been suggested before, but should we consider renaming these? (regardless of what other changes are made)
IMO it would be best to only show one of these options to the average user. (It would be useful to have some real-world data on which of these people use most often -- sleep I guess -- and how many people regularly use both options.
We could add a tab to the System -> Preferences -> Power Management settings that let you configure the log out dialogue. The dialogue would only have 'Sleep' by default, making it less confusing to new users, but you could add the 'Hibernate' button via a check box under Power Management, where you could also uncheck the 'Sleep' option if you wanted. The power management dialogue could contain a more detailed explanation of the difference between the two so we don't have to put that on the log out screen.
This would be fairly discoverable since someone with the question 'How can I get my computer to Hibernate' would be likely to look under Power Management after a bit of searching.
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