Lock/logout interactions

[Michael Rudolph]

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 22:47:51 Chani wrote:
> > Why don't we just use the system's power button? When the user
> > presses the power button, he's presented with one button: "Click
> > here to log on as another user" and a countdown, telling him that
> > the system will shut down in 10 seconds. This would be on a
> > fullscreen, dimmed version of his current desktop, close to how it
> > is handled now.
>
> hmm... what about hibernate/suspend options? I do find it a little
> silly that I have to have klaptop from kde3 running and use that to
> hibernate my laptop.
>
Hello Chani,

well I'd say these options should not be part of the user interface; at 
least not literally. As I said, I'd just use the power button to shut 
down the system. To enter other acpi sleep states (like hibernate and 
suspend) we could rely on other information, for example the system's 
idle time. I think it's a very meaningful and expressive, and beyond 
that also a very natural, interaction with my system, if I just get up 
and leave it there. After a couple of minutes the system should go to 
sleep. The same holds for closing the lid.

This has of course to be adapted for public computers or other 
environments, where an unprotected computer, even for a couple of 
minutes, is undesirable.

Thanks to unsatisfactory acpi drivers, this also doesn't work for most 
current computer systems; I've already been alerted to my reality 
distortion field running wild by Marco and Aaron :-).

michael