proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

[jludwig]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 15:32, Brent Fox wrote:
> I propose that we remove the "Start Here" icon from the default desktop
> for the following reasons:
> 
> - It presents the same choices that the Main Menu does, just in a
> different way.  This is potentially confusing and inconsistent.  The
> Menu is a much faster way to launch apps anyway.
> 
> - The name "Start Here" implies that there it will take you to a set of
> steps to set up your desktop, but it doesn't do that.
> 
> - It's basically useless.  :)
> 
> 
> I think a case could be made for a first-run desktop tutorial kind of
> thing, but "Start Here" as it currently exists is not it.  I propose
> that we remove this icon for FC3test2 and see if anybody complains.
> 
> 
> 
> Thoughts,
>    Brent
There have been a bunch of proposals and discussions about newbie
tutorials and HowTo's. Why not here?
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>