GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 72602
logout dialog has a horrible UI
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I love gnome, but the logout UI is horrible. Could we perhaps replace it with something, gasp, similar to the winXP logout prompt. If you are unfamiliar with the winXP logout prompt, here's my ascii drawing of it, or more appropiately how'd i'd like to see it in gnome. ------------------------------------------ | _ | | |_| Save Current Setup | | | | -------- ----------- --------- | | | | | | | | | | | Cancel | | New Login | | Log Out | | | | | | | | | | | --------- ----------- --------- | | | ------------------------------------------ Just so you can understand this design a bit better, here are some other bugs i've filed related to the logout dialog. #72596 - logout action should be divided into logout action and shutdown/restart action #72598 - Logout action should give users the option of a new login This design is much clearer than our existing design (it's actually one of the only UI things i like in winXP). It associates a button with a specific action as oppose to making a choice from a set of radio buttons and than hitting yes, no or help. I just think it's much clearer and cleaner.
ok, if you choose logout you return to the login screen of gdm. If you choose new login you end up where, the same place? or you just relogin with the same user automatically?
New login is probably bad terminology. In winXP you can login as another user without logging out of your current session. This is trivial to implement in X, and the option is actually included with the current version of ximian gnome in the system menu. I think this is a cool feature that we get for free with X. Theres a bug 72598 that requests this feature be added to the logout dialog.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 70710 ***