Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages The "leave" menu option / logout widget raise a window that allows to "logout / turn off / restart". When this window comes up, the desktop is grayed out, so the user might notice that his next action might have some "severe consequences". This is GOOD user feedback. But: when the user selects one of his options (to logout, shutdown, suspend, whatever): a) there is NO confirmation dialog. But sometimes you just misclick. You might want to cancel; instead you do a shutdown. A good user interface prevents such errors. At least there should be an OPTION to raise a confirmation before logout/shutdown. b) There is no "feedback" to the user. The window goes away, the gray desktop goes "colour" again. So the user might sit there for 15, 20 seconds thinking: "what is going on now". MS Windows for example keeps the gray background and raises a window that says "logging out" or "shuting down now". Why is KDE switching back into a state that looks like "normal mode of operation". KDE is shutting down, so why does it need to look like "fully operational"?
Uups. Wanted to file this as "wishlist". Should not be a bug i guess.
point a) is recursive by nature - you can always click ok instead of cancel, no matter how deeply nested the confirmations are. the shutdown dialog itself is already a confirmation dialog, and most people complain about additional confirmations, so this is a wontfix. and the layout problems of the dialog are covered in your other report. point b) is bug 188476