Change to log off/shutdown workflow

[Brian Burger]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In current Jaunty, there is no "Log Out..." or "Shut Down" button in
> the System menu. Instead, the user has to use the red "Power" button
> against their name in the top panel. If the applet is removed, either
> intentionally or accidentally, the options appear again in the System
> menu.
>
> We will have to update the documentation to reflect this. There are
> various places where this appears, I think. I think it will need to
> say something like this:
>
> "To log out, click the red power button in the top panel, and choose
> "Log out". If you do not have the red power button for some reason,
> choose "System" -> "Log Out...".
>
> I'm not sure whether it is necessary to document the second option,
> but people do tend to remove panel applets by accident sometimes, so
> it may be worth it. What do others think?

Document it - the other use-case is people (like me) who have
single-user machines and so remove the fast-user-switch widget because
it's a waste of panel space.

I really should get up to speed on the docs again; I'm grossly out of
date and have contributed anything in ages!

Brian