The panel to log out of the session currently has three radio buttons to select an action, a checkbox to select and option, and two push buttons to cancel or accept the selected actions. Using radio buttons to select actions is inefficient and unfriendly. There should be four push buttons: Cancel, Logout, Reboot, and Power off. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Push 'Exit' button in system panel. Actual Results: Dialog using radio buttons to select actions. Expected Results: Should have used push buttons to select actions. This interface design is particularly irritating when using a tablet.
Sounds like a pretty good idea, indeed.
Any idea how the new dialog would look like?
Created attachment 272 Screenshot of proposed dialog layout
Created attachment 273 Proposed dialog layout patch Preliminary patch. The icons should probably be changed and included in xfce4-session.
Ok, I added a possible (unpolished) patch and screenshot. What do you think?
(In reply to comment #5) > Ok, I added a possible (unpolished) patch and screenshot. What do you think? Hmm, yeah, it's in Dutch, but I'm sure you'll get the idea ;-)
Hm, dunno, somehow I don't like the vertical layout. I would prefer a horizontal layout, but right now I cannot think of a way to display the 4 buttons horizontally either w/o messing up the width/height balance.
(In reply to comment #7) MacOS 7-9 (don't know about 10) had a horizontal arrangement and it didn't seem too strange. I think to look correct, the dialog must be aligned above center on the screen.
I don't have any Classic setup around ATM. Can you provide a screenshot of the Classic logout screen?
Not sure I have an opinion on this one, usabilitywise. Thinking outloud: Vertical layouts quickly feel cluttered, from a simple aesthetic standpoint - that's why we changed the Settings panel layout, as I recall. However, standard horizontal layouts look like "yes/no/canel" style dialogs, especially since we have three effectively four buttons (shutdown, reboot, logout, cancel). I wonder if this is a case of shoehorning functionality into the same dialog just because internally they're the same, regardless of user perception. Restarting and shutting down are one group, logging out is another group. Perhaps they should be seperate dialogs of some type?
Created attachment 275 Screenshot of MacOS classic shutdown dialog One screenshot coming up...
Created attachment 284 Screenshot of horizontal shutdown dialog Hmm, so asking for suggestions on the mailing list doesn't really help... How about this then: horizontal with shorter labels.
Created attachment 285 patch for shutdown dialog with buttons in a horizontal layout And the patch, for those who want to try it. Should of course be polished before real use with tooltips and remembering last shutdown action.
Hm, no, don't like that one, How about a really plain dialog similar to the Classic one?
(In reply to comment #13) > And the patch, for those who want to try it. Should of course be polished > before real use with tooltips and remembering last shutdown action. I like it the way it is. It'd also be good to have another image for the 'logout' button.
Created attachment 371 'Classic' style dialog (In reply to comment #14) > Hm, no, don't like that one, How about a really plain dialog similar to the > Classic one? Here's a screenshot. I don't think I like this one :(
Created attachment 372 patch for 'Classic' style logout dialog A patch for people who wish to try for themselves.
So far, my favorite is the one shown in the attachment on comment 12.
Created attachment 375 Updated horizontal layout Updated, slightly more polished version of the shutdown dialog with horizontal layout. Benny, you will have to admit it looks better than the current dialog ;-)
Created attachment 376 Updated patch for shutdown dialog with buttons in a horizontal layout Benny, how about letting me commit this and see if there will be a reaction from users?
The shutdown icon shouldn't be used twice, IMHO. Maybe w/o an icon in the title?
(In reply to comment #21) > The shutdown icon shouldn't be used twice, IMHO. Maybe w/o an icon in the title? Yes, agreed. I'll add a new screenshot.
Created attachment 377 horizontal layout (3) How about this?
Looks pretty much XP-like now. ;-) Go on and commit it.
Ok, thanks, I've committed the changes.