[IDEA] KDevelop welcome dialog

[Dominik Haumann]

Am Thursday 16 October 2003 11:32 schrieb Jens Dagerbo:
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> Hehe.. amazing, I was toying with this very thing this morning. I made some
> designer layouts, but nothing as colorful. :)
>
well, it should be userfriendly :)

> I think it would be best implemented as a simple plugin, which we
> temporarily embed into the main area (I tried it earlier today and it seems
> to work fine) and unload when the first project is loaded. It should be
> easy to do in such a way that it doesn't load when KDevelop is started from
> a .kdevelop file or when KDevelop is set to automatically load the previous
> project.
>
That's exactly what I mean.

> I think it is more a question of what should go into such a welcome screen
> (my plugin's name: greeter)
>
> Off the top of my head:
>
> (very) short introduction to KDevelop
> Recent Projects list
> New Project
> Open Project (maybe, for completeness)
> Some easy links to beginner information
>
very similar to my suggestions!

> Just a simple, clean and friendly greeting. :)
>
> I guess the most resonable way to access these other parts of KDevelop
> would be through DCOP however, and adding that might be less than trivial..
> (no idea, never done it)
same here :/
> PS. Not that I suggest that we should ape it, but here is a screenshot of
> the opening screen of Visual Studio .NET:
>
> http://web.sau.edu/LillisKevinM/C++Tutorial/dotNet/020.jpg
>
huh? didn't know that VS.NET has it.
>
> jd
>
> On Thursday 16 October 2003 14.47, Dominik Haumann wrote:
> > Hi *,
> >
> > I've got an idea for a better "welcome" for the user if you open
> > kdevelop: When no file and no project is opened we could display a widget
> > (sth. like the attached screenshot) that gives the user the option to:
> > - read "Did you know..." (we can get rid of the extra dialog)
> > - open a "New Project..."
> > - open a "Recent Project"
> > - open a tutorial sth. like "First steps..." (explaining the managers on
> > the left, etc...)
> > - open KDevelop Documentation
> > - Quit
> >
> > Imo this is very important because the boring grey background when you
> > open kdevelop is _very_ boring and doesn't look inviting at all!
> >
> > What do you think?
> > Is it possible to implement it as a new part?
> >
> > --
> > regards,
> > Dominik
> > dhaumann
>
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