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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Turn Powerdevil suspend notification into a dialog
From: David Nolden <zwabel () googlemail ! com>
Date: 2009-09-22 23:49:37
Message-ID: 200909230149.37977.zwabel () googlemail ! com
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Am Mittwoch 23 September 2009 01:25:22 schrieb Sebastian Kügler:
> You don't want to disturb the user, because you tell him "save your stuff
> NOW". The last thing you want in that situation is a dialog smacked onto
> the center of the screen.
Actually, given disk-caches etc. on linux, saving his stuff won't necessarily
save the users data anyway (in case of power-loss). That means that the main
sense of that notification is asking the user as fast as possible, and without
a chance of missing it, whether the computer should _really_ be suspended (or
shut down).
If the notification is ignored by the user or he doesn't notice it, then he
will be disturbed 20 seconds later in a much more fatal way. So this
notification actually _must_ disturb the user, to possibly prevent a more
significant disturbance.
For sure, the user feels less confused when he's disturbed by a dialog, then
when he's disturbed by the shutdown of his computer.
> That needs to be fixed, regardless. Introducing another way of notifying
> the user of important system events is not a solution but creates
> inconsistency and makes this problem even worse.
>
> I'm not saying that this piece of user interaction (critical suspend) can't
> be improved. Replacing it with a dialog is just the wrong direction.
>
I agree that it would probably be better if this was handled somehow
consistently. But the result would be something similar to a modal dialog
anyway, as it _must_ disturb the users workflow. Maybe a very prominent
colored, flashing and non-disappearing popup somewhere near the panel would
work as well. But dialogs have their advantages too: Everyone notices them,
and everyone knows how to use them.
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