[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 154593] Show a "Welcome Screen" on first startup with appropriate info and choices

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154593

--- Comment #3 from John Mills <jmills59 at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> Why? We should NOT pester people with this kind of nonsense, we should
> provide functional defaults that let them get on with using the application.
> 
> If they choose to poke around with customization and personalization--fine!
> 
> Bet we should not FORCE it on them, there are other documentation
> avenues/getting started help that is more appropriate than an "in-your-face"
> do this before you can start doing anything.
> 
> The UI picker as evolved was sufficient, it hinted that the MUFFIN
> assemblages were available as alternatives. Beyond that we WANT people to
> read the manual and spend time on forum, maillist, even ASK on how to
> use/configure LibreOffice.
> 
> We don't need to do hand-holding to walk folks through it--that's just
> insulting to even the average user.

As a very experienced user of LibreOffice you certainly do not need
"hand-holding" but for many users this would be incredibly useful. To attract
new users to LibreOffice we need to meet them in the middle and provide some
help in the beginning, then you can direct them to user manuals after.

How many users of LibreOffice do you think go to the effort of what you
advocate in your opening statement?

"we WANT people to read the manual and spend time on forum, maillist, even ASK
on how to use/configure LibreOffice."

This sounds incredibly elitist and not in the spirit of an inclusive community.
This is very much the sentiment on "JRTFM" that you see hard-core Linux types
express to newbie users, which wasn't helpful 20 years ago and isn't helpful
now when you wish to grow the LibreOffice community and bring FLOSS software to
a market dominated by commercial corporations that restrict the essential
freedom of users. We can do better.

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