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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 14 May 2011 15:27, Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The two problems I'm trying to solve is that new users don't know what to do
> next after a fresh install and the second one is the possibility to further
> extend the Ubuntu desktop environment (maybe with Unity 2D). Now when a user
> who just migrated from Windows (a very likely situation) he has no idea of
> how Ubuntu is used. Windows users are used to find an executable to download
> on the web and then install it by an installation wizard and in Ubuntu you
> simply search the Ubuntu Software Center. It's not okay to expect a user to
> read on the web just to learn how he/she should install a program since
> these things aren't apparent from the view that greets a user on a newly
> installed system.
> This will be solved with a "Welcome"-screen that can contain what would ease
> the learning curve of a new operating system. The Ubuntu Tour would be a
> great option to have here and since there are plenty of reasons why the
> ubuntu-restriced-extras package shouldn't be encouraged to install there
> must at least be something that explains to the user how he should enable
> flash since this is today almost a necessity for surfing the web for many.
> What we want is an easy transition for newly migrated users and the welcome
> screen can provide just that.

How about just opening Help the first time the user logs in? Then all
we'd have to do is make sure the front page of Help is actually
helpful. I think the Help does a pretty decent job but we're looking
to improve it for 11.10. I'm not very convinced that we need to make
room on the front page for a link to install Flash (it is in the guide
though). We do have a section about how to add or remove software.

We can add more pictures to the guide. Since the guide is shipped on
the CD, we can't go overboard with images but we can definitely add
more if they make the content easier to understand and more useful.

Jeremy Bicha