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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Shutdown dialog
From:       Matthias Riesterer <matthias.riesterer () web ! de>
Date:       2004-02-19 20:00:07
Message-ID: 200402192100.08050.matthias.riesterer () web ! de
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On Thursday 19 February 2004 20:06, Jorge Adriano Aires wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 February 2004 18:28, Jorge Adriano Aires wrote:
> > > Hmm, shouldn't the "back to desktop" option be easily distinguished
> > > from the others... maybe add some space between "Restart computer" and
> > > "Back to Desktop"?
> >
> > Argh, you guys are never happy :-) But you are right:
> > http://www.avenheim.online.fr/logout_new3.png

Yes, it's really nice. I think it's a good idea to change from radio buttons 
to real buttons, because it reduces the steps the user has to perform from 
two to one (besides he wants to perform the default action).

At least some words about the labels of the buttons. I think the text should 
be kept as short as possible. So I suggest to label the buttons
"Log out" or "End Session"
"Turn off"
"Restart"
and
"Cancel" (because the dialog is, as you already mentioned, a confirmation 
dialog).

The labels are self-explanatory, so you can omit "What do you want to do?". 
The user somehow initiated the log-out dialog, so he knows what it is all 
about. If it happend accidently, there is the cancel button.
The same for "End Session for ...". I think, "Session" does not correspond 
with the actions "restart" and "turn off".
Instead, the left part of the dialog could just contain the user's name and 
his logo from KDM as a small recognition effect.
As a result you get a cute little dialog :)

So, that's it, my first post on kde-usability :) I'm reading the list now for 
a while and I'm really interested in it. I hope I'll find the time to 
participate more.

Bye

Matthias
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