http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12664/ - You click on shut down

- If there is a unsaved file open, then

-Show a notice explaining this at the corner of the screen have a button on the notice to "Force Quit" the program. (Guifications esque) Use Compiz, if enabled, to focus that app, but have everything else darkened, sort of like the Alt-Tab effect. Then the users saves and closes, and the shutdown process continues. (Notice that no apps have actually started being turned off yet)

- If another user is logged in, and that user has unsaved files, then:

- Show a notice window stating what the problem is. The window should have two options: "Switch to the other account to save files" and "Force Quit the applications"

- If the first option is chosen, then present a password box, which will accept either an administrative password or the users password. Once the user has entered one of the correct passwords, fade to the other account, and do the same window focus effect described previously. After that, continue the shutdown process.

- If the second option is chosen, ask for either the user or administrative password, and then terminate the programs. Then continue.

- Show a black screen with a spinner. (like the firefox progress spinner) while processes are being shut down.

- use compiz, if enabled, (It hasn't been shut down yet) to fade the transition to the usplash. Shut down all remaining processes (The processes compiz needs to run) and finally shut down the computer.

As you can see, this proposition is clearly better than the current one. I'm not sure if this can be implemented, but Mac OSX can do it, so why can't we? I know about the similar ideas, but a search didn't turn up something that proposes what I do. The other ideas make up this more consolidated idea.

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[213 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #12664


]]> en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:07:45 +0000 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:33:57 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12664/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:46:04 +0000
Can compiz be shut down so late, though? I think it needs a horde of other programs to run.]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:16:27 +0000 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:19:22 +0000 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:53:42 +0000
Man, I need my sunglasses. That's a cool one.
]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:11:04 +0000 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:33:49 +0000 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:44:09 +0000
seriously thats just that much more code that you have to write and take up on your hard drive
i mean sure it could be an option but its just too much]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:55:43 +0000 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:55:15 +0000 Then the user selects the files s/he likes to save[as a form of checkboxes] and proceeds with shutdown.

+1 ]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:14:39 +0000 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:24:39 +0000
Man! You are having two clicks to hang the PC!

You will not shutdown by a mistake, and cmon, ask password because of open apps, sounds like Microsoft thing.

No way.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:29:51 +0000 The root password is only for having windows open that aren't on your user. ]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:33:57 +0000