Re: Logout interface, Halt checkbox

[Aschwin van der Woude <aschwin van der woude netmill fi>]

Hay,

You just described what computing heaven would look like. :-)
I believe this would be *THE* usability feature every desktop lacks.



On 22 Jul 2001 21:59:05 +0100, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Aschwin van der Woude wrote:
> > 
> > > # Save session setup   <- at least until multi session system
> > >                          | is done, this should be enough
> > 
> > I am new on this list, but this sparked my interest. What are the
> > current idea's for a multi-session system?
> > Would it mean, that with the click of a button an arrangement of apps
> > opens and closes?
> 
> Heya,
> The possibilities are endless once everyting [or at least, everything that
> makes sense] supports multiple-sessions. This means that you can log into
> different sessions with different setups - useful in the case that you have
> a low resolution with one display and a high resolution with another. You 
> could have a 'hacking' session that loads up programs like emacs, glade etc...
> and have a panel/sawfish setup which utilizes multiple workspaces for example.
> 
> gnome-session and gdm supports named sessions currently and I'm hacking up support for 
> multi-session in the panel right now. It's most important that the desktop
> as a whole supports it ie. control-center/panel/sawfish and from there we could
> extend it to applications.
> 
> 
> 			Hope this makes some sense,
> 
> 				Glynn ;)
> 
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