Power-off stupidity remains in Fedora 17

[Ankur Sinha]

On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 16:44 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> It *is* a *basic* thing.  Are they purely aiming at a server market?
> >> Home users *do* turn their PCs off. 
> 
> Ankur Sinha:
> > How difficult is pressing the alt button? 
> 
> The big gripe is that it's an unnecessary thing.  Also, it's not
> intuitive.  Menus should present your choices.  You shouldn't have to go
> right clicking, or alt-clicking on menus, trying to find *hidden*
> options.  And, you have to know that you need to do that.  It's not the
> sort thing that's been required with menus, anywhere, before.
> 
> It's a crappy user interface that requires combined keyboard and mousing
> to use the menu.  Bad design, in general, and a nuisance for the
> one-handed.  Or any situation where you don't have a keyboard.
> 
> Even if one could use the mouse, alone, and right click on an item,
> that's a nuisance, and ultimately unnecessary.
> 
> On the whole, the user interface in Gnome 3 has become a painfull mess.
> 
> And once more, in summary:  Unnecessary and a nuisance,
> 

I understand completely. I keep saying: move to a different DE if it
doesn't work for you. I also keep saying: if you've solved the issue
with the numerous solutions, there is no reason to bring it up again, is
there? 

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Thanks, 
Warm regards,
Ankur: "FranciscoD"

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