Eliminating Windows Shutdown Options
November 22nd, 2006 • General
The fact that you have to choose between nine different ways of turning off your computer every time just on the start menu, not to mention the choice of hitting the physical on/off button or closing the laptop lid, produces just a little bit of unhappiness every time.
Joel has a few suggestions on how can we get rid of extra noise in Windows shutdown UI.
It’s funny that just today I was reading a story about how iPod became a reality, and it mentions the same argument Joel makes:
When one of the designers said that obviously the device should have a power button to turn the unit on and off, he [Steve Jobs] simply said no.
Makes you think, doesn’t it?
Never thought of that, my options is always Win+U+U and it shuts down on a desktop, but on a laptop there is nothin’ better than closing the lid and having it hibernate.