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[Ayatana] Fwd: Re: New design: Opening applications and documents automatically at login



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Subject: Re: [Ayatana] New design: Opening applications and documents automatically at login
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:18:37 +0100
From: Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Isn't this functionality still provided by the "Startup Applications" 
function of the Power Cog menu?
I use that to start Thunderbird and Firefox at login.

Matt

On 20/10/11 16:34, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Hi folks
>
> For some people, it is useful to open particular applications or
> documents every time they log in.
>
> (For example, every day when I log in at work, I launch XChat,
> Firefox, and a time sheet text document.)
>
> Every version of Ubuntu has had a "Startup Applications" settings
> window for choosing applications to open automatically at login.
>
> Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 11.10 now has an integrated System Settings window
> (gnome-control-center). But it does not yet integrate these particular
> settings.
>
> So, yesterday I finished a design for these settings in the System
> Settings window. My design extends the existing "User Accounts" panel;
> this avoids adding an extra panel, lets administrators troubleshoot
> login items for other accounts, and lets them set items for the guest
> account. It also allows opening files, not just applications.
>
> I'd appreciate your feedback on the design.
> <https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/LoginItems>
>
> Cheers
> - -- 
> mpt
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