(Yet another) new logout dialog

[Brad Johnson]

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 19:58 +0200, Manu Cornet wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> Since the UI freeze has been postponed a few weeks, I have made a try at
> enhancing the current logout dialog.
> 
> The main idea is that since there are so many options in there, users
> might get lost (eg, what's the difference between Sleep and
> Hibernate ?). I had first implemented tooltips, but the faded background
> doesn't redraw correctly behind them, and I can't see an easy fix for
> that.
> 
> Therefore, I just made a space below the buttons to display a help label
> as the mouse goes over the various buttons. Here's how it looks :

If you are going to add a help label there should be some default text
in that label by default.

If the Log Out options are going to be separated from the Shutdown
options with a separator, there should be help text for each section.
Help text for the Log Out options should appear below the icons but
above the separator. Help text for the Shutdown options should appear
where it does in your example. Some possible default help text for each
section could be as simple as "Log Out Options" and "Shutdown Options".

If you wish to have only one help text area, then the layout of the
entire panel should be changed IMHO. Possibly like this example offered
by Øivind Hoel.

/-------------------------------------------------------\
|                       |                               |
| [I] Log out           | Click this button if you want |
| (I) Switch user       | to log out of your session.   |
| (I) Lock screen       | You will be greeted by the    |
|-----------------------| GDM login screen once your    |
| (I) Sleep             | session has ended.            |
| (I) Hibernate         |                               |
| (I) Restart           |                               |
| (I) Shut down         |                               |
|                       |                               |
\-------------------------------------------------------/

> 
> 	http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/logout.png
> 	http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/sleep.png
> 
> (these are actual screenshots, not mockups: I already wrote the code).
> 
> That's the general idea (of course, it needs refining for spacing,
> wording, and maybe add an additional separator, etc.). 
> 
> I still have a problem with the label's size. My small text for
> Hibernate doesn't fit in one line, and displaying it resizes the
> dialog :
> 
> 	http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/hibernate.png
> 
> And then, when another one-lined text is displayed again, I get the same
> problem with the background not redrawing correctly :
> 
> 	http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/restart_bad.png
> 
> I guess it would be best to keep the dialog's size constant. But if I
> allow too big a space by default (even when no text is displayed), the
> bottom of the dialog really looks weird and empty when the pointer is
> away from all buttons. And I can't assume all help texts will fit in one
> line (or two, for that matter) in all languages.
> 
> What do you guys think is the best solution for this ?
> 
> And how do you like this "status label" idea ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Manu
> 
>