Logout dialog : 2 sections

[Tristan Wibberley]

Manu Cornet wrote:
> There are titles for the two sections, and the icons are placed
> differently: it is a "Pause" versus "Exit" approach, as opposed to a
> "Light effect on the system" (Logout, Switch, Lock) versus "Strong
> effect on the system" (ShutDown, etc.).
> 
> The code is already written (this is an actual screenshot).
> 
> So twhree questions: 
> 
> * How do you like the approach ? :)

I think that this dialogue is a departure from Gnome HIG in that there 
should be a button to the right of "Cancel" that merely confirms what 
the user has already asked for - namely "Log Out", at least the 
graphical "Log Out" button should be at the bottom right of the 
dialogue. On the current dialogue, I keep going to Shut Down since that 
is the direction in which Gnome puts the confirmation choice.

I don't think people think of powering down as being a type of either 
log out or lock screen, rather log out and lock screen are a consequence 
of powering down so I think the power saving options, shut down, and 
restart (*especially* restart), should not be found via "Log Out". Only 
us few computer savvy users think of the logical progression of actions 
that the computer will perform - and some of us don't even do *that* for 
things like this. Failing that, the previous layout of this 
aesthetically pretty dialogue represents that, and could just be given 
the section headings (as well as swapping the rows and putting log out 
at the bottom right, pretty pleeeaasse).

> * Should the two titles be centered instead of left-aligned ?

Every Gnome dialogue that uses subheadings for differently nuanced 
sections uses left alignment (at least for my native tongue). They also 
use much a much smaller font, and the dialogues have proper titlebars. 
Smaller fonts would probably require smaller icons, though.

> * Should I write "Pause session" instead of "Pause", and "Exit session"
> instead of "Exit" ?

I think I think maybe "Session" and "Power Down" with the old layout 
would give me more warm and fuzzies.

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Tristan Wibberley