proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

[Steven Noonan]

I agree with this. The 'Start Here' icon is useless, even for newbies. If
they have a brain in their head they should figure out how to click on the
'Start Menu' equivalent (at least, from a Windows-user's point of view).

I also agree that a first-run tutorial would be much more useful for
first-time users. But don't make the first-run tutorial as retarded as
Windows's tutorials which tell you things like 'move the mouse and click.
Like this!'

Regards,

Steven Noonan

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-desktop-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-desktop-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brent Fox
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:32 PM
To: fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com
Subject: proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

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


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