Dont know if it was mentiond but there is an extention to have all the shutdown suspend etc at once...
Cheers phil
Am 27.05.2011 19:23 schrieb "Diego Fernandez" <
aiguo fernandez gmail com>:
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Martin Häsler
> <
martin haesler googlemail com> wrote:
>> On 05/27/11 17:12, Owen Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:53 -0700, Diego Fernandez wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well then couldn't there just be a 'Power Off' and 'Suspend' option in
>>>> the menu then? That doesn't seem too confusing... Suspend = "I'll be
>>>> back in a bit and want to get back to what I was doing". Power Off =
>>>> "I'm done for a while and just want to turn the computer off". Of
>>>> course the power off option should follow current behaviour of asking
>>>> wether one wants to power off or restart.
>>>
>>> OK, let's assume the user gets that distinction clear in their mind.
>>> Do they then realize that Suspend is a quite reasonable thing (*) to do
>>> when "back in a bit" means "tomorrow"? Usually, no, they don't.
>>>
>>> - Owen
>>>
>>> (*) I'm willing to say that turning your computer off at the wall
>>> every night is *also* reasonable for certain users, but if you
>>> crunch the numbers it's spending a lot of time for something that
>>> isn't very high on anybody's carbon footprint..
>>>
>>>
>> Please feel free to crunch the numbers, because I've got not idea, what
>> you are talking of.
>> Also a computer takes < 10 seconds to power off, how is that a lot of time ?
>>
>> And of course it is not reasonable at all to suspend when back in a bit
>> means tomorrow.
>> That is a waste of energy and money.
>>
>> martin
>>
>
> +1
>
> I just don't see how having the two options on the menu creates any
> problems or confusion or anything really, I do however see a huge
> problem with hiding such a basic function as shutting down.
>
> --
> Diego Fernandez - 爱国
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