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Idea #23960: Restoring multiple applications state

Written by pabitra-kr the 11 Mar 10 at 06:12. Category: Usability. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Hello,
Many times when we work on some particular task we need to have multiple windows open e.g. few nautilus windows, open office documents, few terminals, Browser with few tabs, other files etc. When we logout or restart (accidentally or intentionally) we have to start all of them again in order to continue with our task.

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Solution #1: A global session manager covering many applications
Written by pabitra-kr the 11 Mar 10 at 06:12.
So the idea is to save the current running state of various applications (say into a file) which can be restored on demand later. Users can have multiple sessions stored (for multiple projects/tasks) and can select any 1 of them. Initially the popular used applications can be included, and the list can grow with time..
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Solution #2: ...and add a "Save session" feature to Ubuntu One
Written by Mirek2 the 12 Mar 10 at 13:56.
Stemming from solution 1, it would also be nice to be able to save sessions to the internet. A few example use cases:
* Saving a session on a work computer to restore at home and vice versa.
* Saving a session on a desktop computer to switch to a mobile computer (netbook, tablet, notebook) and vice versa.
* Saving a session at a public place (library, school, ...) to open at home and vice versa.

Now, one might have different applications installed on different machines. If there was an open application in the session that isn't available on the machine, the user would be presented with 3 options: 1)download the missing application 2) use an alternative application 3) don't open the windows from that application.

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Akerbos wrote on the 12 Mar 10 at 19:13
What if system state does not fit one application's state later? We discussed that at length here:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23737/

I do not think application session management can be done from outside the applications.

Note that saving a WM session is somewhat different; here, the system state is (at least in part) also saved.

Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 18 Mar 10 at 19:29
If the idea Akerbos gets resolved, gnome's built in "remember my open applications" feature would be able to implement this rest of this idea with almost no modifications.

Shnatsel wrote on the 21 Mar 10 at 19:57
The first solution is already implemented in GNOME's session management utility, the same you use for tweaking autostarted apps. There's a checkbox "Remember my open applications on logout" or something like that. It does exactly what is described in solution #1. The only problem about it that all your autostarted apps get dublicated, and your system boots several times slower.


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