Re: Experience feedback

[Denis Washington <denisw online de>]

Am 19.08.2011 16:28, schrieb Federico Mena Quintero:
> On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 22:07 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:47:26PM +0200, Rovanion Luckey wrote:
> > > "It" already works, there is no dark magic behind having a visible Power Off
> > > button. The Gnome Shell UI however seems to wish it could communicate that
> > > the user has to press down Alt before the Power Off button becomes visible
> > > via magic.
> >
> > This was already explained, I am not going to repeat.
>
> This needs to go in the FAQ, with a pointer to the rationale behind the
> decision.  Would you mind adding it?
>
> As far as I can tell, this is not answered in either of these:
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/FAQ
>
> And this page says *what* happens (and how to access the "power off"
> option), but not *why*:
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/SystemStopRestart
>
> In the Comments section of that page, Sri and others ask the same
> question, but it is not answered there yet.

If such a rationale is added, I would be especially interested in how 
the environmental concerns are adressed - given that for situations such 
as turning a computer off over night, suspending takes much more power 
in the long term.

Regards,
Denis