Re: New panel logout/shutdown alert - a mini ui review

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:

> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:22:10 +1300
> From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>
> To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: New panel logout/shutdown alert - a mini ui review
>
> On 11 Feb, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Alan Horkan wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> > ...
> >> Restarting should be much less common than shutting down,
> > ...
> >> so it's fine for Restart to be an alternative button to the left of
> >> Cancel.
> >
> > but I do not see how this arguement necessarily follows.
>
> <http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-alert.html#alert-button-order>

My bad.
Misremebered the HIG.


On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Shaun McCance wrote:

> Although I do think the [Restart, Cancel, Shut Down]
> button order feels weird.  I'm fond of radio buttons
> and few (like, two) action buttons, especially when
> those radio buttons can remember that I'm a restart
> kind of guy.

Good point.

- Alan H.