https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154593
--- Comment #20 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tie...@documentfoundation.org> --- (In reply to John Mills from comment #19) > Could you just explain in a couple of sentences why you consider the request > such a bad idea, I genuinely don't understand the negativity. Thought I've done it, maybe on the duplicate tickets. The Welcome screen was deleted intentionally as it nags users with options and unwanted information. It was replaced with a start center, an infobar for new release, the TotD to inform what's possible, a dedicated dialog to pick the UI, a continuously improved options dialog, etc. The idea to welcome new users is not bad per se. And a few options might be okay. The question is what you want to show. All the amazing UI options, the dark mode, the icon themes, font choices, how to add dictionaries, some interaction principles, templates... LibreOffice is basically all customizable, in contrast to competitors who deliver one, maybe sleeker UI. The essence of the project is to liberate users. And even if you could decide what to show, let's say the UI variants, isn't it over-whelming for a new user? Assuming the user wants to just write a letter or put some numbers into a spreadsheet, she barely want to configure the software first, learn how to write a thesis or do advanced statistics with Calc. Many users will close such a welcome dialog anyway and try to figure out the features themselves. What we can do is to offer options during the installation process, present a more easy to use options dialog, present features in a more subtle way like per infobar in clearly defined situations or a more noticeable presentation at the TotD. We have many tickets for these ideas. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
