Re: [Ayatana] Getting Started

Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Getting Started

From: Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 17:37:00 +0200

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I think the ultimate solution would be a full featured welcome center as shown in the attached mockups and letting people get to do the decision to open Help themselves instead of getting it thrown in their faces. The many benefits of this would be the ability to provide other information as the examples in the mockup. The Linux Mint welcome screen features some information which could be useful for new users:

Though I agree to use what we got if nothing else can be done in time :)

2011/6/3 Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:35, Niklas Rosenqvist
<niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can read the "Ubuntu welcome center" thread:
> https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05790.html
> and also the section titled the same in this mail in the "a realistic vision
> of the next iteration of unity":
> https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05999.html
> Here is the LP bug request for the same topic:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/790628

That looks very interesting. I've now read the threads you linked.
There seems to be the question of whether to build a new Tour
application or show Help on startup. A custom made tour could have a
better experience, but I'm not sure it will be done in time for 11.10.
Help already exists and only needs a "Don't bug me again" button to
make it an acceptable welcome screen. I suggest to go for the Tour
application, but fall back to using Help if it's not done in time, or
the results are not what we hoped for. What do you think?

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Remco