Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012/3/5 Jo-Erlend Schinstad > Right. I wouldn't want a quicklist item for it. When you pin an > application, it should automatically get an entry in startup applications, > but it should remain unchecked. > This could be confusing. Some folks could think that adding a startup application requi

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Den 05. mars 2012 17:56, skrev Evan Huus: On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Omar B. > wrote: you mean like a quicklist item: "startup automatically". or you actually mean pinning it will start it up? well i prefer the first option, i have calculator, ged

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Omar B. wrote: > you mean like a quicklist item: "startup automatically". > > or you actually mean pinning it will start it up? well i prefer the first > option, i have calculator, gedit, sys monitor, termainal, software center > and i dont necessarily want them

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

n. > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:07:24 +0100 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: randal...@web.de > CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user > friendly > > Perhaps applications should be added

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Perhaps applications should be added to startup applications the first time you pin it to the launcher? I don't mean it should be activated, but simply added to make it easier to automatically start favorite applications at startup. I mean, if you use an application often enough that you want i

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012/3/3 Jo-Erlend Schinstad > The tool itself is great. It just needs a different "add" dialog that > presents applications instead of recently used files and folders. > Three things come up to my mind: 1. Replace to "add" dialog with something more suitable for average users. 2. Ad

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Den 03. mars 2012 22:56, skrev Evan Huus: I think this tool is pretty broken right now, because it seems to have no idea who its audience is. Judging by recent changes, I am guessing it aims to be a non-technical tool. I think technical users would be better served with something

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

There was a thread on this issue back in October [1]. It resulted in a design proposal [2]. As far as I know, the design is mostly finished and simply needs implementation. MPT can probably clarify. Evan [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg06892.html [2] https://live.gnome.org/Design

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Den 03. mars 2012 02:27, skrev Andrew Starr-Bochicchio: > >> Adding a startup application is not something an average user would >> want to do. Applications that have a reason to start with the session >> should add themselves to that l

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

I disagree with the "leaving the desk at night" metaphor (and the use of metaphors generally), since when I leave my desk at night, it's usually a complete mess and depressing that it's still that way in the morning. What I want when I turn the light out is a way to say "that's important, ditch th

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Hi, On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Den 03. mars 2012 02:27, skrev Andrew Starr-Bochicchio: >> Adding a startup application is not something an average user would >> want to do. Applications that have a reason to start with the session >> should add themselves to that

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Den 03. mars 2012 02:27, skrev Andrew Starr-Bochicchio: Adding a startup application is not something an average user would want to do. Applications that have a reason to start with the session should add themselves to that list. The "average user" task is to enable or disable a start up applicat

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Thibaut Brandscheid wrote: > 'Startup Applications' is the third menu entry in the power cog menu and > should be therefore average user friendly. No average user would search in > the browse dialog box under /usr/bin to add a program to the startup list > because h

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

ar 2012 22:34:36 +0100 From: randal...@web.de To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Subject: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly Hi all Yesterday I started hunting for all kind of bugs in Precise and discovered that adding a program to the startup ap

[Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

Hi all Yesterday I started hunting for all kind of bugs in Precise and discovered that adding a program to the startup application list is nearly impossible for an average user. When clicking on 'add' > 'Browse...' the upcoming dialog shows the 'Recently Used' files folder. No average user would k