Re: [Usability] splash screen, session tangent

[Robert Staudinger <robsta stereolyzer net>]

Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2004, 23:36 +0100 schrieb Iain *:
> > Taking from the other mockup, I had envisioned something like this:
> > http://www.gnome.org/~clarkbw/stuff/session/splash-mockup-2.png
> > 
> > > sorry to be so discouraging, managing sesssions certainly has room for
> > > improvement I just dont happen to think this is the way to do it.
> > 
> > I'm not sure that you were discouraging, but I appreciate the comments.
> 
> A few ideas from the top of my head...
> How about session is never saved when you log out.
> Instead we provide a simple method (a capplet thingy perhaps?) to
> create named sessions
> Which are provided to the user in GDM to select from as well as a blank.
> 
> Or  we always save session
> but then in GDM we provide the option to choose between a blank session 
> (where only the default applications that create the desktop are
> started as well as any extra apps the admin has set up)
> and the last running session?

Yeah i really like this idea.
The problem with putting it in GDM is that a user has to type the
user-name before he/she can select from their own sessions.

Why not launch an empty gnome-session always and then pop up a message
in the notification area asking if the previous or any named session
should be restored?

Rob