Dapper Shutdown

[Corey Burger]

On 2/26/06, Tristan Wibberley <maihem at maihem.org> wrote:
> I just noticed in Dapper that the best shutdown experience I have ever
> had has been replaced with a hard to navigate screen that you have to
> concentrate on to figure out what to press.
>
> Before it was System->Shutdown->walk away
> Now it is System->Log Out->move mouse and gaze halfway across the screen
> then look around an oversized dialogue to find the correct option on an
> interface that is a huge departure from the style of the menu system
> that was being used for the first half of the task, even though there
> are only a few moments left in the task.</rant> (Though I must admit, it
> does look really, really nice).
>
> Any chance of putting back the old method, perhaps using a couple of
> those icons on the countdown dialogue? Although I think the icons of the
> power down choices are too similar. Also, I can't figure out the
> difference between sleep and hibernate, can they be given more
> explanatory names?
>
> --
> Tristan Wibberley

Some of us (Brandon Hale, Ryan Lortie and myself) have opened a bug
about reverting this change. It can be found at:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/33002/

Corey