Adding apps to startup could be made easier
David M. Karr
davidmichaelkarr at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 17:25:38 UTC 2009
Several times I've run into a similar scenario:
I discover an application I want to install, so I go to "Add/Remove",
find it, then install it.
I can now see it in the "Applications" menu, although it just shows me
the "displayable" name of the application, not the full path to the
application.
Now, one of the installed applications needs to go into my session
startup. The dialog to add a startup application doesn't allow me to
browse through the installed applications, all I can do is enter a full
path to an executable.
There's a disconnect here. Either the applications menu needs to
provide a "Properties" item that shows the full path to the application,
or the "Add Startup Program" dialog needs to allow selection of an
application from the Applications menu. I could see adding both of
these. The latter is friendlier to less experienced users. The former
is more general-purpose.
I'd be willing to file an issue for this, after I get some feedback on this.
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