[haiku-development] Re: The ways of Reboot. Acknowledge or not?
- From: "Ingo Weinhold" <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:00:38 +0200
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> Datum: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:45:07 +0200 CEST
> Von: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Siarzhuk Zharski <zharik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> > End of Session... -> Restart
> > -> Shutdown
> > -> Suspend
> > -> Log out
> > -> Switch user
>
> I like the proposal in general as it will save
> Haiku´s primary menu from the footprint of these
> future options. (I like Deskbar lean and mean.)
>
> As long as the parent option will open a windowed
> dialog with the options, I don´t see any reason to
> disagree with this design.
>
> A few thoughts:
>
> 1. I think "End of Session" would be better formulated
> as "End Session". (as a command)
>
> 2. I think "Leave Haiku" would be less cold, less
> abstract than "End Session". I think this would work
> semantically for all cases:
>
> Leave Haiku - Restart
> Leave Haiku - Shut Down
> Leave Haiku - Suspend
> Leave Haiku - Log Out
> Leave Haiku - Switch User
> Leave Haiku - Lock Screen
"Leave Haiku" doesn't fit the last three options at all (one could also argue
about the third), which is a pretty bad ratio.
"Log Out" would be an alternative to "End Session". "Log Out - Log Out" might
look a bit weird, though. Maybe make it "Log Out - Log Out User" then.
CU, Ingo
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