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 the rest". Kind of like being able to choose what's started automatically... which is what this suggestion is all about. Shame it's such a hassle at the moment. I concur with the OP - this should be slicker. Drag and Drop is a nice idea, but simply restricting the "command/browse" button to applications is a good start, assuming that you can then edit the resultant command (otherwise adding your own scripts would be a nightmare). Neil. On 3 March 2012 21:19, Jamu Kakar <jka...@kakar.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad > <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> 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 list. The "average user" task is to > >> enable or disable a start up application. > > > > I completely disagree with that. For instance, you might want to have IM > > available at all times. Or your email client, or web feed reader. Yes, it > > would be better if applications added themselves, but in any case, you > would > > never want to auto-start a video-file at startup. This is no doubt a bug. > > When you want to add an application, only applications should be shown, > not > > the recently used media files. > > > > Setting an application to start automatically is something anyone and > almost > > everyone should want to do. > > Thinking about "startup applications" seems like an awkward solution > to the real issue. What I really want is for the system to remember > the state I left it in. For example, when I work at my desk I have a > notebook, pens, reference materials, etc. all laid out in front of me. > When I want to go to sleep at night I turn the lights off and leave my > office. When I return, I turn the lights back on and everything is as > it was. I don't have to think about anything except the work at hand. > > I want my computer to be the same. Right now the closest we get to > that is hibernate, but it's glitchy (on my hardware) so the experience > isn't as good as it could be. As an aside, it would be interesting if > "shutdown" was always hibernate. If I want to reset my session (ie, > clean my desk) I can logout and login again. > > Relying on hibernate to automatically remember the state of my machine > seems much better than trying to futz with startup applications. > > Thanks, > J. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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