[interfacekit] Re: Shutdown Process

On 2005-07-18 at 06:51:04 [+0200], Axel Dörfler wrote:
> Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 2005-07-17 at 20:28:56 [+0200], Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > > Usually yes, but not if it's annoying for the user :-)
> > > For example, take the "delete file" requester on several platforms
> > > -
> > > "return" always deletes the file (also on BeOS), even if it's not
> > > the
> > > least destructive action. It would be pretty annoying to have to
> > > select
> > > "delete" when you pressed shift-delete on the keyboard before.
> > > For the shutdown request, I think it's the same.
> > Significant differences are that you 1) chose shutdown only very
> > rarely
> > (usually exactly once per session :-) and 2) do it with the mouse, so
> > that
> > the default button doesn't matter anyway.
> 
> Not necessarily, there is also this power off button at the case of my
> computer - of course, we might not show the confirmation request then,
> but it should still be an option IMO :-)

Well, if it really bothers you, feel free to change it: 
src/servers/registrar/ShutdownProcess.cpp ll. 1247 
(ShutdownProcess::_WorkerDoShutdown()).

CU, Ingo

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