For those of us who use computers, who honestly still uses the power button to turn off their computer? Normally this is a process from the start menu. For some reason, makers of boxes have kept this functionality left over from the 80s that there should be an off button-- After all, there is an on one, right?
I keep my computer on the floor, near my feet. Something that really bothers me is when I'm using my computer as a foot rest, and for some insane reason the power button gets placed right where my foot likes to go. This happens all the time when I get a new box, and my feet need to re-learn where to put themselves. I'll be working on something for a while, playing a game, watching a movie or something and have my feet up then click, my foot just triggered the land mine under my desk and everything going into shutdown right away without any prompts or way to stop it.
So I decided this is insane, why do we even have this button to turn it off? When is it actually a good idea for your computer to randomly lose power?
The button should only be to turn it on. If we really have a stalled out problem, the button should be moved somewhere for emergencies. Computers have built in software that can turn them off, we don't need a hardware button to turn them off.
Computers don't need hard-buttons to turn them off within an instant of being pushed, and it's a real nuisance and doesn't make any sense from a usability perspective.
I know this is often dependant on your operating system, but I wish the damn button didn't even exist.
I'd love to see box designers start doing things like this:
This would be wonderful. Plus, your computer is that much more badass if this was your power button. And lets be honest, for most of us that use computers needing to turn your computer off is something you want to be sure about, not happen because you bumped the damn thing -- Just like nuclear missile launches!
Just in case you ended up reading this wanting to know how to deal with this on Windows...
Control panel; then Hardware; then Power; now select what the power buttons do (and then disable them).
