Lock/logout interactions

[Will Stephenson]

On Monday 10 March 2008, Celeste Lyn Paul said:
> This is just a crazy thought, but why are the Logout/Quit options in
> Kickoff anyway?  Could we put the options somewhere else (such as
> integrated in to the Desktop or taskbar by default)?
>
> It would require some learning on the user's part, but I think it is worth
> discussing for a moment or two on why we would or wouldnt want to do this.
>

I bet this is a trick question.  Anyway I'm bouncing off of Solid::Control 
again so I'll indulge in a little UI pseuding:

* They are neither multiple-use-per-session actions (like Konsole, Dolphin or 
Konqueror app launchers or the taskbar) nor status elements like the clock or 
system tray - this makes them second level actions.

* second level actions should be discoverable though, so they are accessible 
via a first level thingy (the kickoff launcher) - this excludes to me just 
having them on the desktop menu, but could include having them on the 
dashboard (if that becomes as accessible as the launcher as it matures).

* Precedent - it's where the user expects to find Leave options

Will

> On Friday 07 March 2008 16:30:30 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Friday 07 March 2008, Will Stephenson wrote:
> > > 1) Make the Kickoff leave action_s_ all lead to a ksmserver countdown
> > > dialog which only offers the previously chosen action, do it now, or
> > > cancel.
> >
> > absolutely.
> >
> > > 2) Disambiguate logout so
> > > "Log out": end session, return to display manager
> > > "Leave": offer choice of ways to leave
> >
> > yes.
> >
> > > Possibly change "Log out" to "End session" or "Sign out"
> >
> > this probably comes down to which terminology one our users are most
> > familiar with. i really don't know, but "Log out" Is all over the web
> > these days so i'd bet that's the most commonly understood one.
> >
> > as for the issue of having to confirm after kickoff, i think you're
> > absolutely right that the one extra click is very much worth the safety.
> >
> > as for having "reboot" in kickoff, i think it's a bit overkill as well. i
> > honestly don't see why Reboot isn't in the Shutdown button's menu in the
> > ksmserver dialog either (it probably just mimicked what we had before?
> >
> > this would bring the ksmserver dialog down to just 2 options, with one of
> > them being expandable (shutdown button)