Re: Design choice for suspend option only
- From: clemens <clemens lab21 org>
- To: Josh Leverette <coder543 gmail com>
- Cc: gnome-shell-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Design choice for suspend option only
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:52:40 +0100
Everybody that is able to install linux + gnome-shell without internet
connection should be able to press the alt button or open a terminal
and use one of the approximately 42 methods to shut down.
And if its really that important to have the button grep + vim will help
you.
Am Freitag, den 02.03.2012, 10:44 -0600 schrieb Josh Leverette:
> again, not everyone has an internet connection and they should not
> have to download a shut down button. Making it an option in the
> settings dialog is a perfectly acceptable design decision.
>
> Sincerely,
> Josh
>
> On Mar 2, 2012 10:39 AM, "Diego Fernandez" <aiguo fernandez gmail com>
> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Diego Fernandez
> <aiguo fernandez gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
> <awilliam whitemice org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 13:01 +0000, Mark Blakeney wrote:
> >> Can somebody please post a reference to a discussion
> amongst the gnome3
> >> developers about why they decided to only provide a suspend
> option on the
> >> user menu (and hide the power off option with the alt
> modifier)? I would
> >> really like to know by what rationale they came to this
> astonishing
> >> decision?
> >
> > Oh crap, not this again. This has been discussed over and
> over and over
> > and over, and, yes, over again. I promise you nobody here
> is interested
> > in hearing about this *AGAIN*. The horse is dead, and
> covered with post
> > mortum bruising. Please don't kick it anymore.
> >
> Lol... poor horse!
>
> Yes, MANY of us agree it's a horrible design decision. No,
> they're not
> going to change it. Yes, it is a shame. No, it's not worth
> trying to
> continue fighting it. As for the OP, just tell people the
> decision
> was made because nowadays most people only suspend their
> computer and
> the designers thought people get confused when presented with
> multiple
> options. If they don't like the decision, install the
> extension for
> them.
>
> > I have no idea where the 'reference discussion' is. Search
> the
> > archives, you'll find tons of crap about this.
> >
> >> I like and promote gnome-shell but frankly it is
> embarrassing to have to
> >> apologise for this design choice to new users. It leaves an
> awkward first
> >> impression.
> >
> > So enable the extension that changes the behavior, then be
> happy.
> >
> <https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5/alternative-status-menu/>
> >
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> > Adam Tauno Williams
> >
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>
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