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[Neil Broadley <scaine@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <jkakar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
>
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