Sorry, the correct place of this message is in the subject: Re: The logic behind remove "Restart" and hide "Power Off" in User menu. Le samedi 26 février 2011 à 20:37 +0100, Gendre Sebastien a écrit : > Le samedi 26 février 2011 à 12:27 -0500, William Jon McCann a écrit : > > This seems to be a very common misconception of how inhibit works. > > The reason I chose the word inhibit was to differentiate it from > > "block". Inhibiting suspend does not block suspend. An inhibit > > informs the system proactively of a certain condition. For example, > > inhibiting idleness doesn't mean the system won't honor an explicit > > user request to lock the screen (go idle). It informs the system that > > despite other indications of idleness (lack of mouse and keyboard > > activity), there is something still going on (say, watching a video). > > This information is used to inform automatic behaviors of the system. > > So, in this case, the screen won't lock or power off automatically > > while the inhibiting activity exists. > > > > Inhibiting automatic suspend works in a similar way. It doesn't block > > the human initiated request to suspend. It only informs the system > > that automatic suspend shouldn't occur for some specific reason. > > > > So, inhibit is closer to inform than mandate. And we respect humans > > more than apps. But the nice thing about apps is they don't have any > > feelings to hurt (yet). > > Sorry, but I lack the vocabulary in English to have understood: Do you > say I have true or false? > > > > And the choice to have Suspend but not Power Off in the User menu > > > encourages them to waste energy. > > > > I'm usually inclined to ignore claims like this that don't provide any > > supporting evidence. > > Thistsentence is really arrogant. Before becoming a programmer, I worked > several years in the installation and repair of electronic (TV, Hi-Fi, > etc) and I have acquired some experience in this field. I stop that > there is 4 years old but I do not think the mentality of people have > changed so much in such a bit of time. > > Some people, who use their computer one or two hours per day, abuse to > standby. But if you hide the option "Power Off", those who make the > effort to turn off their computers no longer want to do. > > We are not all computer passionate, some people use them one or two > hours per day or less. > > Regards > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
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