Re: Logout interface, Halt checkbox

[Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>]

"Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero" wrote:
> 
> kop meme com (2001-07-20 at 2059.25 -0500):
> > 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.)
> 
> We have been discussing it on IRC. It seems halt on Sun machines does
> the nasty thing: stops the system without waiting. Under Linux and
> others, it does the nice thing, only halt if in run level 0, otherwise
> call shutdown (which make the machine go down nicelly, syncing disks
> etc).
> 
> For info about all this "ls -l /sbin/halt /sbin/reboot /sbin/shutdown
> /sbin/poweroff" and "man shutdown" & "man halt". I guess GNOME coders
> where thinking about this, not about Sun machines.

Probably, since this dialog in question doesn't even appear on Sun machines ;)


				See ya,
					Glynn ;)