https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161209
Bug ID: 161209
Summary: Remove the inappropriate marketing dialog/wizard on
first run
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.8.0.0 alpha1+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Take a recent nightly, and run it in safe mode. You will see a dialog/wizard
come up when you first start one of the LO modules.
This wizard, as it stands, needs to be either removed or replaced with
something very different.
Why?
1. The wizard is "pure marketing": It doesn't provide actionable information
for the new user; it tries to convince the user that LibreOffice is good. That
is a ridiculous waste of time, as the user has _already chosen_ to use
LibreOffice.
2. The wizard is an obstacle for the user actually using LibreOffice - both
literally, by covering the application UI and requiring interaction with the
wizard, and conceptually: The user has gotten ready to take in the look and
feel of the new application, and what we're insinuating is that they should
expect modal dialogs with a lot of useless fluff.
3. The user has already seen the splash screen, so the function of "this is
LibreOffice" is not strictly necessary (and if one wants to expand the
messaging on the welcome screen with a few words, we could do that; open a
separate bug)
4. WE NEED A WIZARD FOR SOMETHING ELSE (!) : If we are to have any modal
dialog/wizard on first startup, it is for something of critical importance,
e.g. the choice of UI mode (menus+toolbars vs tab-bar). That has been the
subject of much discussion; see:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137931
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117463
it is as though whoever committed the new dialog/wizard just completely ignored
this.
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