On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Clay Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:00:48 AM EST Clive Johnston wrote: >> There was some discussion at the end of Yakkety Yak, about maybe following >> the lead of Linux Mint and having a welcome screen on first run which would >> act as a signpost to resources and places to get help or how to >> contribute. I personally like this idea and decided to look into it. >> >> I grabbing the code and hacked a bit to basically make it more Kubuntu >> branded and pointing to our resources. So this is were I am up to. >> >> https://s16.postimg.org/jngn4afb9/Kubuntu_Welcome.png >> >> What do you guys think? Do you like the idea? >> >> Clive > > Kubuntu has historically refrained from having these pop up and first-run > items, and I do not see a reason to change from this policy. > > However, having content that appears in the default Folder View plasma widget > would be a perfect place for this. > > If this sort of item is ever to be added, then really is should be written in > qml :) > > -- > Clay Weber
Hi Clay, I don't recall discussion of providing something like this, in the past. Can you recall when it was discussed, and why it was decided against? In my opinion, the past is one data point. I'd like to see reasons for and against. I see: Pro - increases our branding, points to help and also to ways to grow the community Con - it is one more thing we need to maintain Valorie -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
