On 10/27/2010 04:55 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > > > On 27 October 2010 21:35, Caio Alonso <caioal...@gmail.com > <mailto:caioal...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Recently, I've noticed several usability issues in Ubuntu that > really are big annoyances that I think are being overlooked. > After watching Mark's keynote the other day I thought I'd pen > them down to see if perhaps we can fix some of them this cycle. > I'm never sure if the Ayatana list is for general usability > issues, or just specifically for usability features (e.g. > indicators) so if this is OT I apologise. > > The first one is the following use-case: A user wants Empathy to > start on login. > > Now, right now, stop what you are doing and go and make Empathy > start on login without Googling for help or using the terminal. > > Some of you will search Empathy's preferences; you guys are wrong. > Some of you will head for Startup Applications, you won't find > it in the list, you will click add and then stare at a horrible > dialog that leaves you no clue what to do next. > > This is a common use case, not just for Empathy but also for > email clients, or browsers. Why is it so hard? Why when I click > browse on the dialog am I sent to a file browser rather than a > list of applications? Why isn't Empathy in the list by default > if it's installed? (BUG: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/322314) > > My dream would be that we'd have a decent task scheduler so that > we could set applications to start on login, at certain times, > or when the network is connected. > > > I've made a mockup of my opinion of how the dialog after you click > the Add button should look like. Two things still concern me with > this interface: how to make the user know that he either selects a > program OR enters a custom command and also the size of the dialog > for low resolution systems. > > Startup_Program_Page_1.png > > One thing I noticed is that on the menu entry it is called Startup > Applications, but inside the window all the labels are "startup > programs". Is that an inconsistency? > > > Thanks for the mockup! That's pretty much what I was considering. > Regarding the naming, judging from the names of the items in the list, > this should be "Startup Services" rather than "Startup > Applications/Programs". The fact that you can add startup applications > seems to be an after thought. >
I think you could trim the entire top half of the interface and instead invite the user to drag launchers onto the dialog. -Scott Ritchie _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
