shutdown compared ubuntu vs fedora

[Rogue]

Hi Nicolas,

Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le mercredi 16 mai 2007 à 18:02 +0200, Valent Turkovic a écrit :
>
>   
>> If you looked atleast at one desktop usabillity study you woldn't say
>> such tings.
>> Buttons matter to users, colors of buttons matter... the shape of
>> buttons also matters...
>>     
>
> These problems are best discussed on the fedora-desktop & fedora-art
> lists
>
>   
I am not an active poster on this thread, but I do believe that this 
would be the right list to discuss the OP's issue. Isn't this supposed 
to be the fedora usability list? If we do come to the agreement that an 
icon along with the text makes more sense, then we could request the 
art-team, or the team incharge to incorporate the changes.

In the current dialog, I do see a certain usability hindrance. I am 
typically used to shutting down my laptop before heading to work. 
Recently when I wished to hibernate the system instead, I found myself 
taking the effort of reading the text to get to the action that I 
intended to perform.

I am not stating that icons are useless. Just that, it is easier for a 
lot of people to associate an image with an action. If appropriate icons 
were made available, and if I had used those icons through the 
menu-items, then at one glance, I would know the button to click on 
(within the shutdown dialog).

Regarding the question on the surrounding items being dimmed, I believe 
this is a feature that a lot of new generation applications are also 
taking up. I do not have the links to prove my point at the moment, but 
I shall do my research on get back to you on it. I *guess* the idea here 
is to gain the user's attention towards the action in question, but I 
may be wrong on this one :-)

thanks,
Rogue