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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i think "usr/bin" may have some danger and is not that user friendly either.

Is better to show a list of the installed apps. Like the dialog you get with "open with" when you view a file's properties.

remember is called startup "applications".

Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:34:36 +0100
From: randaltor@xxxxxx
To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 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. 


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