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Plasma Welcome App
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A welcome app would be a great way to help new users learn about Plasma's incredible features and capabilities, it could include things like privacy and accessibility options and a quick overview of core applications like discover and system settings!

Here's a video showing the welcome app in it's current state:

fhek created this task.Nov 5 2021, 4:30 PM
Guilhermems added a subscriber: Guilhermems.Nov 7 2021, 3:27 AM

Looks really interesting and it could definitely help new users. Can we get a page linking to KDE Social Media and websites at some point?

ngraham added a subscriber: ngraham.Nov 15 2021, 5:16 PM

I love it! Are you open to feedback regarding the page content at this time?

ognarb added a subscriber: ognarb.Nov 15 2021, 9:56 PM

I wonder if we should allow distros to add pages? An use-case would be for Fedora to have a button to accept third parties repos (for the codecs/nvidia)

cblack added a subscriber: cblack.Nov 15 2021, 10:07 PM

A welcome app would be a great way to help new users learn about Plasma's incredible features and capabilities

Eh, not really. Frontloading users with information when it's not relevant to what the user is doing results in users remembering almost none of it; this is the same reason stuff like "tip of the day" dialogs aren't effective: contextless help irrelevant to what the user is doing just wastes users' time and doesn't get remembered.

The only way users actually remember the interface offering help is when it's directly relevant to user goals; e.g. displaying a "use Discover to install apps" popup if you see the user trying to search for a way to install apps.

ngraham added a comment.Nov 29 2021, 9:55 PM
In T14997#266390, @ognarb wrote:

I wonder if we should allow distros to add pages? An use-case would be for Fedora to have a button to accept third parties repos (for the codecs/nvidia)

An excellent idea.

In T14997#266384, @fhek wrote:

Sure!

  1. Add a page introducing Kickoff since it's a fairly central UI element that's also tucked away in a corner with no text.
  2. Show suggested apps on the same page as Discover. And clicking on them should open Discover. Clicking on the Discover icon should open it, too.
  3. Similarly, clicking on the System Settings icon should open it.
  4. Add text to the Next and Previous buttons I'd recommend using regular boring pushbuttons on the bottom rather than icons-only roundbuttons halfway up the page.
  5. The last page is kinda pointless; consider turning the "next page" button on the previous page into a "Finish" button.
fhek added a comment.EditedNov 29 2021, 10:28 PM
In T14997#266992, @ngraham wrote:
  1. Add a page introducing Kickoff since it's a fairly central UI element that's also tucked away in a corner with no text.

Alright.

  1. Show suggested apps on the same page as Discover. And clicking on them should open Discover. Clicking on the Discover icon should open it, too.
  2. Similarly, clicking on the System Settings icon should open it.

Click to open is the current behavior already! :)
Also just merged the Discover and Apps pages.

  1. Add text to the Next and Previous buttons I'd recommend using regular boring pushbuttons on the bottom rather than icons-only roundbuttons halfway up the page.

Do you have something in mind? like an image or something...

  1. The last page is kinda pointless; consider turning the "next page" button on the previous page into a "Finish" button.

Sure.