Manu Cornet wrote:
What do you guys think about the current dialog ? About adding lock
screen to it ? About my layout suggestion ?
OK, so I'm among those who think 6 options is already too many :) I do
like your nice icons (though there are perhaps too many different and
large icons to fit in with the Ubuntu theme).
When the user selects 'Shut down' he/she does not expect to be able to
simply lock the screen or switch user IMO. Let's look at them in turn
(keep in mind the user clicked the menu text 'shut down'):
* Sleep, Hibernate - The user might decide, OK I don't want to shut
down completely, just leave the machine nearly off for a while. Close
enough.
* Restart - I guess this would be used most often by those who
dual-boot. It still isn't shutting down, but I guess it's related.
* Switch user, Lock screen - This does not make sense. Neither of these
can be interpreted as 'shutting down'.
* Logging out - How common is this on a laptop or home machine? I guess
some families have multiple accounts, and on public machines (schools,
etc.) it might be the only available option. It's still not 'shutting
down' though.
So in my view. Shut down, Sleep, Hibernate and possibly Restart could go
on the 'shut down' screen, while Switch user, Log out and Lock screen
should go elsewhere, much as it is configured now. The second menu
option might be a new name though. 'Switch user' shouldn't even be
available on systems with just one user defined.
- Henrik
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