Re: New panel logout/shutdown alert - a mini ui review

[Trent Lloyd <lathiat bur st>]

On Thursday 09 February 2006 17:19, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hi Luca,
>
> Thanks for working on this.
>
> On Thu, February 9, 2006 09:53, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> > I'm updating the Italian translation for gnome-panel. I found the
> > following issues:
> >
> > 1. Comments for new logout menu item and new logout applet still speak
> > about shutdown - bug # 330499
>
> I plan to fix it before the next release :-)
>
> > 2. Logout and Shutdown actions don't respect
> > the /apps/gnome-session/option/logout_prompt GConf key - bug# 330500
>
> Hrm... I'm not sure about this one.
> The original goal of this key was, I believe, to enable the user to click
> on "logout" and go away, without needing to click again. This is why
> there's the timer on the new dialogs. I'd prefer we deprecate this key,
> but it's just my opinion.
>
> > 3. Invert Logout and Shutdown entries in Desktop menu - no bug entry -
> > reason: well, honestly just a personal feeling, but I preferr the Logout
> > menu entry at the end of desktop menu. Every time I've to logout, I move
> > the mouse to Shutdown, I see it's not Logout, so I've to move it 1 place
> > up and select Logout. Of course this is inertia switching from previous
> > layout, but am I the only one? The change is from this
> >
> >         --------
> >         Lock Screen
> >         Log Out user
> >         Shut Down
> >
> > to
> >
> >         ---------
> >         Lock Screen
> >         Shut Down
> >         Log Out user
>
> The idea was to have the items in a progressive order. I think the current
> order makes more sense, but input from more other people is welcome :-)

I agree, this has been driving me nuts.

I associate it with 'the bottom' :)

Cheers,
Trent

> > 4. a11y icons for Shutdown action - no bug entry - I suspect those icons
> > are still missing in gnome-themes
> >
> > 5. different shape for Shutdown action at 48 and 24 pixels - no bug
> > entry - something like the attached one?
>
> Those are theme issues (but are nonetheless important).
>
> Vincent