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[Thibaut Brandscheid <randaltor@xxxxxx>]

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 know
how to add e.g. Firefox to the startup list when seeing the 'Recently Used'
folder. Drag & drop from the Launcher to the startup application list or
the 'Add Startup Program' dialog doesn't work too.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/944344
Importance = low

'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 he simply don't knows that the program binaries can be found there.

If the current state is planed to be the final startup application state
and the importance is really low then I suggest to remove the startup
application menu entry from the power cog (better not presenting a function
then presenting a function that is not 'usable' for an average user in the
power cog).

Suggestion:
Open a 'Select Application' dialog as in the new system settings > privacy
menu is shown when clicking on the '+' button.

Thibaut

PS: Hope this is the right place to discuss this issue → it's a UX problem
in my eyes.