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[Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, forgot to reply to list

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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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