Dont know if it was mentiond but there is an extention to have all the shutdown suspend etc at once... Cheers phil <div class="gmail_quote">Am 27.05.2011 19:23 schrieb "Diego Fernandez" <<a href="mailto:aiguo.fernandez@gmail.com">aiguo.fernandez@gmail.com</a>>: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Martin Häsler > <<a href="mailto:martin.haesler@googlemail.com">martin.haesler@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: >> On 05/27/11 17:12, Owen Taylor wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:53 -0700, Diego Fernandez wrote: >>> >>>> Well then couldn't there just be a 'Power Off' and 'Suspend' option in >>>> the menu then? That doesn't seem too confusing... Suspend = "I'll be >>>> back in a bit and want to get back to what I was doing". Power Off = >>>> "I'm done for a while and just want to turn the computer off". Of >>>> course the power off option should follow current behaviour of asking >>>> wether one wants to power off or restart. >>> >>> OK, let's assume the user gets that distinction clear in their mind. >>> Do they then realize that Suspend is a quite reasonable thing (*) to do >>> when "back in a bit" means "tomorrow"? Usually, no, they don't. >>> >>> - Owen >>> >>> (*) I'm willing to say that turning your computer off at the wall >>> every night is *also* reasonable for certain users, but if you >>> crunch the numbers it's spending a lot of time for something that >>> isn't very high on anybody's carbon footprint.. >>> >>> >> Please feel free to crunch the numbers, because I've got not idea, what >> you are talking of. >> Also a computer takes < 10 seconds to power off, how is that a lot of time ? >> >> And of course it is not reasonable at all to suspend when back in a bit >> means tomorrow. >> That is a waste of energy and money. >> >> martin >> > > +1 > > I just don't see how having the two options on the menu creates any > problems or confusion or anything really, I do however see a huge > problem with hiding such a basic function as shutting down. > > -- > Diego Fernandez - 爱国 > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > <a href="mailto:gnome-shell-list@gnome.org">gnome-shell-list@gnome.org</a> > <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list">http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list</a> </div>