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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Shutdown dialog
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-02-19 17:24:48
Message-ID: 4034F160.4010400 () leese ! nl
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Benoit Walter wrote:
> 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 :-)

Oh, and don't forget the "Walk in a straight line" test, just incase the 
user is regularly intoxicated ;)

   - William
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