On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 18:03 +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote:

Hi. I'd like to propose dropping the greeter dialog. If it's too late for 11.0, then at least for 11.1. I consider it to be just a nag screen similar to the welcome page in Windows 95(?) that nobody actually reads and it just gets in the way.

For more info see bugs #386485 and #386486.

I agree, but I also think part of the issue with the greeter is it doesn't serve much usefulness anymore. No user is interested in learning about where Linux came from when they first boot into the desktop. Pre-10.3, it served one useful purpose: it directed users who bought the boxed edition to register for technical support, which even then was useless, on the back of the DVD jewel case it directs you to do the same thing. I think that in 11.1 the web browsers should redirect to a start page with a search engine link, and links to the forums, IRC chat, mailinglists, etc. That will probably help the users more than the greeter will. -- Kevin "Yo" Dupuy | Public Mail | Yo.media: 225-590-5961 Swift Change for a Green Future: Kat Swift for President www.VoteSwift.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Fredag den 23. Maj 2008 18:03:55 skrev Jakub Steiner:

I'd like to propose dropping the greeter dialog. If it's too late for 11.0, then at least for 11.1.

Maybe not drop it completely. But only stop it from popping up on first run, but leaving it as a desktop icon people can click for some info. Or maybe replace the "functionality" with a useful webbrowser start page instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org