"Log Out" menu has too many items

[Armand CORBEAUX]

Hi everybody,

"Log Out" for Dapper is really cool, but it is in the same time too heavy to
be effective.

1- Why the lock screen has been put in the "Log Out" menu?

To be honest I don't understand...
Lock screen is an important feature in company: you get out of your
computer, you lock it.
To be effective, it will be better to put a "Lock Screen" icon next to "Log
Out" icon in the panel. In this way users don't have to think "where is the
Lock Screen option".
The "Lock Screen" feature is not a toy, but a daily used feature, which must
be immediately usable and activable.Activate it through the "Log Out" menu
is a loose of time.

2- Sleep or Hibernate?

Don't understand the choice too...
Is the "Log Out" menu the best place to show what the OS is able to do?
I explain: as a common user I don't use hibernate or sleep, even if I'm
using a laptop.
If you take a look around, you see that ~95% of the laptop users doesn't
used hibernate or sleep feature.
If a user uses hibernate or sleep, most of the time it's because it follows
the power-management rules that he has set up.
If a user uses hibernate or sleep to "cut" his laptop, most of the time he
prefers one of the 2 options, or one of the 2 options crashs when he tries
to recover his session (or he must be a 'power-user' to fix it [power_user
is a user that is able to edit configuration files]).

In this way, could it be possible to purpose to the user in the "Log Out "
menu only one icon, which reflects the user's preference which has been set
up in the power-management interface?

3- A bigger "shutdown" icon?
I know that the linux myth is "you never have to shutdown your computer".
But in companies as in a lot of houses, computers are shutdown at the end of
the day or of the use (1st because it reduces the fire risk, 2nd because it
reduces energy consumption).
In a 2nd time when someone get a computer for the 1st time, after playing
with his new "toy" his 1st question is: "how do I shutdown this f***?".
Because "shutdown" is the most important option in the world, it could be
twice bigger than others.

In this way the "Log Out" menu could look as it :

Log Out                 |   Switch    |      SHUT
Sleep or Hibernate  |   Reboot   |      DOWN

Only 5 options, less confusion for new users. And "Lock Screen" option next
to "Log Out" option in the panel.

Armand
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