Confusing description "Remember Currently Running Application" under Startup Applications Preferences --> Options

[Mechanical snail]

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Version: Ubuntu Karmic 9.10, gnome-session 2.28.0-0ubuntu5
Under Startup Applications Preferences --> Options tab, there is a button "Remember Currently Running Application". This sounds like it will let you pick a currently running application to remember. In fact, it remembers all running applications permanently.

Users may infer that "Remember Currently Running Application" would pop up a choose-application dialog box, which would presumably have a Cancel button. Thus they assume it is safe to press. (I did this, and apparently others have: http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+OR+ubuntu+%22remember+currently+running+application%22 or http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1335047 )

Since the GUI provides no way to undo pressing the button (this is Bug #60863), it should be clarified what it does, by renaming it to something like "Permanently Remember Running Applications".

Alternatively, just remove the button, since it's broken.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)