[Bug 28798] new logout dialog interface issues

Sean Middleditch elanthis at awesomeplay.com
Thu Jan 19 00:06:55 UTC 2006


Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/28798

Comment:
Hmm, ok.  When you put your desktop to sleep, is it while keeping a
session open or only at a login screen?  Is this something that could
perhaps be made part of the screensaver?  (Option: put computer to sleep
after X minutes of inactivity.)

So far as hibernate... what does it do?  I really have no clue what it
does.  I'm guessing it's like sleep, but... more so?  Is sleep like low-
power mode but hibernate is where the computer shuts off entirely but
saves its state?  Can't we overload the power button on most
laptops/desktops to mean "hibernate" or "sleep" instead of "power off"?
What about computers that don't even support hibernate or sleep?  (Or is
that guaranteed to work on every machine, even old ones?)

(I also notice that the new GNOME dialogs use "Suspend" instead of
"Sleep" - might be a good idea to make sure you use the same terminology
everywhere, between g-p-m, gnome-session, and your new dialog.)

For the main dialog, since you say it'll be back, I guess I don't have
much more to say.  Some of those more minor tweaks I originally
suggested could really make a difference, though.




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