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

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Trent said:
> > >         --------
> > >         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

I'm not sure there's an obvious "best" choice here - some users, like
myself, shut down more often than they logout and back in (to what is
basically a single-user machine).

So I don't think we should change the order without considering the fact
that users may have acclimated to one or the other already.

> 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.

regards,

Bill