Re: Logout interface, Halt checkbox

["Julian Missig" <julian jabber org>]

I think the Sun people mistook that Halt to mean the old-fashioned halt,
which was not a nice thing to do (it did stop the processor)... in most
systems with more recent versions of sysvinit, halt just runs shutdown. It
would be best if it just said "Shut Down" I think. :)

Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl O . Pinc" <kop meme com>
To: <usability gnome org>
Cc: <Sun-GNOME-HCI sun com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 21:59
Subject: Logout interface, Halt checkbox


> The GNOME Usability Study Report at
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/ut1_report/logging_out.html
> recommends that the logout dialog Halt "checkbox label reads 'Suspend
(Halt
> - stops the processor)'".  I belive it should say 'Halt (stop for
> poweroff)'.  This better describes what happens when the checkbox is
> chosen.  (Usability Principle: Match between system and the real world.)
>
> Karl <kop meme com>
>
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