On Wednesday, November 09, 2016 08:27:23 PM Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Clay Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:00:48 AM EST Clive Johnston wrote: > >> There was some discussion at the end of Yakkety Yak, about maybe > >> following > >> the lead of Linux Mint and having a welcome screen on first run which > >> would > >> act as a signpost to resources and places to get help or how to > >> contribute. I personally like this idea and decided to look into it. > >> > >> I grabbing the code and hacked a bit to basically make it more Kubuntu > >> branded and pointing to our resources. So this is were I am up to. > >> > >> https://s16.postimg.org/jngn4afb9/Kubuntu_Welcome.png > >> > >> What do you guys think? Do you like the idea? > >> > >> Clive > > > > Kubuntu has historically refrained from having these pop up and first-run > > items, and I do not see a reason to change from this policy. > > > > However, having content that appears in the default Folder View plasma > > widget would be a perfect place for this. > > > > If this sort of item is ever to be added, then really is should be written > > in qml :) > > > > -- > > Clay Weber > > Hi Clay, I don't recall discussion of providing something like this, > in the past. Can you recall when it was discussed, and why it was > decided against? > > In my opinion, the past is one data point. I'd like to see reasons for > and against. I see: > > Pro - increases our branding, points to help and also to ways to grow > the community > > Con - it is one more thing we need to maintain
Jonathan was extremely anti first-run dialogues since I got involved in the project. You all are, of course, free to change it, but AFAIK, Kubuntu has been no first-run since ~the beginning. Personally, I've always liked that. Scott K -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
