Re: Logout interface, Halt checkbox

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

"Karl O . Pinc" wrote:
> 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.)

Why not

"Halt (Shuts the computer down)"
or
"Halt (Turns the computer off)"


I'm not a big fan of "suspend" in this context, I think it can be
confused with a powersaving stand-by mode...


Christian