logout-icon (was: friendly comment: design problem about logout)

[Lex Hider]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 12:47 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Manu Cornet wrote:
> > Eventually, we'll probably only keep the applet (top-right corner)
> 
> The top-right corner is the third most accessible location on the screen
> (after the point already under the pointer and the bottom-left).  It should
> not be wasted on an item that is used once-per-day.  Ideally the 'mute'
> volume icon should be moved to the top-right as this is used very frequently
> and needs to be quickly accessed when users from things like telephone
> calls.
> 

I agree completely that having the logout button is a waste in this
position. It would be used at most, once per session. Notice that all
the other corner widgets are likely to used many, many times per
session.

Lex.
> 	-Paul
> -- 
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