Re: The good, the bad, the insane

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 15:52 +0100, Martin Häsler wrote:
> On 05/23/11 15:13, Ryan Peters wrote:
> > applications, this is something that is rarely done, so, for the sake 
> > of consistency, it would make sense to optimize towards a behavior 
> > that, for most users, would be preferable when walking away 
> > (suspending). The preferred way to shut down, which indicates that 
> > you're done using the computer, is to log out first and use GDM (which 
> > takes a few more seconds, but I can't think of a situation where you 
> > have to shut down a computer faster that that).
> Sorry, but you got that wrong. AFAIK the behaviour of the Power button 
> was changed to default to suspend to be consistent with the menu choice. 
> Pressing the Power button used to show the Power
> Off / Cancel dialog. Also, please note that its called Power button, not 
> suspend button.

I'm looking at it.... and it isn't labeled as anything at all.  It is
just a button with a weird symbol.  My power button, and none of the
power buttons in the company, have performed "power off" by default for
*years* now.  You have to hold it down for a count of 20 to get
power-off.