I think this would be redundant, as there is a specific button for power off (which REALLY needs a shorter software power off in addition to the current 20 second hardware power off)

I've already encountered one person who did not recognize the power symbol we include on the HOME button.  And he's a fairly tech saavy person.  Therefore I don't think it's redundant.  

(and I agree about the button hold time, which is addressed in bug 5458)

I agree, it's redundant AND users won't typically turn off the device manually.  Even so, let's add a "Power Off" item to the Controller Settings area.  Add a confirmation screen:

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Title: Power Off

Cancel
Power Off

Help text:  Choose Power Off or press and hold the Home button to turn off the controller.
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The problem with this is if the user does not understand that the Home button works as a power button they won't be able to turn Jive back on. So this needs to be made clear in the help text before you power jive off, or the menu option should not be added.

How about this help text instead:

Tip: Press and hold the Home button to turn the controller on and off.

I think we're spending too much time on this edge case.  Most folks won't want to/need to turn the thing off/on and theres a power symbol on the front.

Ben this should be implemented in the SqueezeboxJive applet.

Created attachment 2395 [details]
Shutdown screen reference

r858 has everything needed except the actual powering down. Sending that Richard's way...

Fixed in r859.

Fully fixed in r861. 

Press-hold of home key will bring you to a confirm/cancel menu for powering down the remote. 

Alternatively, there is a menu item in Settings->Advanced Settings->Power Down to do the same thing.

There is a 2 second popup "Goodbye" message to the screen, then it does a os.execute("poweroff") to shutdown nicely.

Shiny!