Power Button change in functionality

[Joel Edwards]

It would be nice to be able to push the power button twice or thrice within
a certian amount of time to enable the shutdown sequence. This would mean
not having to mess with the mouse. However, it would be good to bring up the
option on the first press, and have it fade out after a certain time limit.


On 5/31/06, Hervé Fache <Herve at lucidia.net> wrote:
>
> Seconded.
>
> On 5/31/06, Who <mailforwho at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/31/06, Thom S <thom at murdercity.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I've noticed that in Dapper, manually pressing the power button on the
> PC brings up the >shutdown/change user etc dialog, rather than initiating
> the shutdown procedure. What is the >reasoning behind this? I only ask as
> for me, when watching a film at night or whatever, its >quite nice to be
> able to simply press the power button, rather than fannying about with a
> >mouse/keyboard.
> >
> > I don't know if this is the 'official' reasoning, but I find it _much_
> > safer. Before if you pushed the button by mistake it would still shut
> > down - with no warning or confirmation
> >
> > I would like to be able to push the button twice for a full shutdown
> > without any further confirmation
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