[Bug 35141] Re: Counterintuitive shutdown behaviour

[Alvin Thompson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 33820 ***

while this change may work well for you, you're not considering the people whose power buttons are in much more accessible locations (for example, laptop users have their power buttons right on the keyboard). in these cases accidently pressing the power button is common. i can't tell you how many times i've lost work because i accidently pressed the button and there was no confirmation.

as for your analogy, you can't usually lose hours of work by switching off the TV or lamp, so the interface can be simpler. on things where it's important not to turn off/on accidently, you have to confirm things. a better analogy would be an alarm system; you have to punch in your code and possibly override some regions to turn it on/off.

please do NOT remove this feature!

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this sort of thing is exactly why it's better to discuss a change of features on the mailing list with other users before submitting a bug. you may find that there is a valid reason to keep things as they are or that you have less support for the change than you thought you did. you're basically trying to argue that your priorities are more important than someone else's, and before you do that you should at least try to get some consensus. this will save developers some time...
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Counterintuitive shutdown behaviour
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35141