A Mini Rant: Logging Off of Windows Server 2008
As a Program Manager, I am a Jack of many trades, a Renaissance woman of sorts. One of the things I find myself doing is remotely connecting to servers to check error logs, look at files, review IIS settings, and various other things.
With Windows Server 2003, logging off was always a bit uncomfortable, as the Shut Down and Log Off options were right next to each other:
A few of the sites I am responsible for are now running on Windows Server 2008 RC1, and much to my amazement, Microsoft has actually made the logging off situation WORSE!
Note that the Shut Down button in Windows Server 2008 is now in essentially the same place that the Log Off button was located in Windows Server 2003. Note also that in order to log off, you need to first click the right arrow, then choose Log Off from the flyout menu.
Excuse me, but, isn't this a *SERVER*, and isn't this 2008? Wouldn't the most likely server scenario be that a user or administrator logs in and out of the server many times per week, but that a shut down is much less frequent, more on the order of a few times per year? I simply don't understand this decision. The buttons were already difficult to navigate, and now they are even more difficult, and it's even more likely that the Shut Down button will be pressed accidentally. What were they thinking?
