>> I was thinking of the "home" or "start" tab (or maybe just as a background >> of the work area, instead of the LyX logo) where you can choose things like >> "Create new presentation", "Create a letter", a list of recent documents, >> link to option dialog, maybe an RSS feed, things like that. The idea comes >> from Adobe products and Qt Creator itself. >> >> Opinions? Things to add?
It would also be nice if we could include a visual gallery of what a sample document might look like? One of the big problems for new users is they don't have any idea as a default document looks like. As far as they're concerned, book (Tufte) is the same as book (Memoir).