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

--- Comment #22 from John Mills <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #21)
> Just a thought: I'm not sure what proportion of new users go through the
> Start Center first as opposed to directly to the components, but one option
> could be to have a button in the Start Center (not a popup) that gives the
> user _the choice_ to discover some often-needed or asked-about
> personnalisation options, in a guided way. It could be called "Make
> LibreOffice your own" or something of the sort, highlighting one strength of
> LO: customisability.
> 
> One issue is that the UI can be set per-component, so it does make sense to
> lead to it when one component is open... Or maybe the dialog should also be
> made available form the Start Center, with the only option to change the UI
> for all components.
> 
> Alternatively, a probably easier option would be to reorganise and add to
> the Start Centre.
> We already have a direct link to Extensions and Help right there.
> We could reorganise the Start Center left column in four sections, focusing
> on things people might want to see when they get started (5 new elements in
> *asterisks*):
> 
> 1. Open
> - Open File
> - Remote Files
> - Recent Documents
> - Templates
> 2. Create
> - Writer
> - Calc
> - Impress
> - Draw
> - Math
> - Base
> 3. Learn
> - Help
> - *Guides*
> - *What's new*
> - *Ask*
> 4. Customise
> - *UI*
> - *View mode* (could be a three-option switch: Dark - System - Light)
> - Extensions
> 
> Of course, I'm not set on those 5, and don't want to make it unnecessarily
> busy.

I think that sounds like an excellent proposal.

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