[Bug 184668] "leave actions" should ask for confirmation / provide user feedback

[edgue at web.de]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184668

           Summary: "leave actions" should ask for confirmation / provide
                    user feedback
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: edgue at web.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The "leave" menu option / logout widget raise a window that allows to "logout /
turn off / restart". When this window comes up, the desktop is grayed out, so
the user might notice that his next action might have some "severe
consequences". This is GOOD user feedback.

But: when the user selects one of his options (to logout, shutdown, suspend,
whatever):
a) there is NO confirmation dialog. But sometimes you just misclick. You might
want to cancel; instead you do a shutdown. A good user interface prevents such
errors. At least there should be an OPTION to raise a confirmation before
logout/shutdown.

b) There is no "feedback" to the user. The window goes away, the gray desktop
goes "colour" again. So the user might sit there for 15, 20 seconds thinking:
"what is going on now".

MS Windows for example keeps the gray background and raises a window that says
"logging out" or "shuting down now". Why is KDE switching back into a state
that looks like "normal mode of operation". KDE is shutting down, so why does
it need to look like "fully operational"?

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