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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Shutdown dialog
From:       Benoit Walter <b.walter () free ! fr>
Date:       2004-02-19 17:15:00
Message-ID: 200402191815.00636.b.walter () free ! fr
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On Thursday 19 February 2004 17:18, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> Op donderdag 19 februari 2004 16:44, schreef Arend van Beelen jr.:
> <snip>
>
> > I'm not against your idea, but I question whether it's really 'safe'...
> > Right now if I click the wrong checkbox, nothing bad happens, I can
> > correct by clicking the right one. But now accidentally clicking the
> > wrong button might immediately reboot or shutdown the machine...
>
> Maybe KDE should show a dialog after the user has clicked on for example
> "restart":
>
> KDE is rebooting...
> <progress indicator>
> <Cancel button>

>
> If the user is fast enough to click on restart, the only thing that he will
> needs to do then is to restart the applications that already were closed.
> (no timer!)

Maybe having a new option in KPersonalizer which asks how quickly the user can 
react :-)
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