Dapper Shutdown

[john levin]

Corey Burger wrote:
> 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
> 

+1. Good bug report. That new shutdown dialogue is awful, complicated, 
unclear, whereas the old (Breezy) one was perfectly clear, and has the 
additional option of 'save current session'.

John