Re: GNOME 3.1.90 beta released!

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 14:22 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> Hey Denis!
> 
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Denis Washington <denisw online de> wrote:
> > Am 01.09.2011 11:34, schrieb Frederic Peters:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> This is 3.1.90, and it's out! It's the first beta of what will be
> >> GNOME 3.2, enjoy it while it's time, the next beta (3.1.91) will
> >> arrive next week.
> >
> > I saw this in the release notes of gnome-control-center:
> >
> > "Power:
> > - Remove power and suspend buttons config (Bastien Nocera) (#652183)
> > (#657068)"
> >
> > I am sad.
> 
> Oh dear, don't be sad!
> 
> The intent behind those changes is to ensure consistency and
> predictability. If we know what the behaviour of the hard buttons is
> going to be, we can produce better designs elsewhere and it is easier
> to provide users with advice and guidance.
> 
> Also, we really want to be able to specify separate long and short
> button press actions for the hard power button (like on a mobile
> phone). It is hard to accommodate that kind of behaviour within a set
> of preferences that are easy to understand.

I just want to be clear for the docs. What is the behavior of
each of these two buttons? And doing something on long-press
is just the goal, but not actually implemented for 3.2?

Thanks,
Shaun