[Bug 163393] first run: allow just run KMail (skip the wizard)

[Maciej Pilichowski]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163393





--- Comment #5 from Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins wp pl>  2011-12-21 19:50:48 ---
Just to clarify, I am not against possibility of running wizard, I am against
startup wizard. And again if user is so tech-savvy to install an app, and
configure it, she/he is able to click one item in the menu. After all, in case
of KMail, how is user supposed to reply to mail (one item on toolbar or menu)
if she/he cannot do the same for another item?

> Ifaik it will resolve the issue of knowing such values for 80% of
> the home-users.

Could you please tell my where you get those data from?

> Why should someone start Kmail twice without configuring it aka using it?

Because the system was reinstalled. Because it is another user. Because it is
another computer.

> That's why I get a wizard since KDE 4.8 when
> configuring Akonadi as a resource for contacts, 

No, that's why many developers do not have clue about usability and
accessibility. The candy-effect pays off better than hard work on usability.

That is why we have all the "are you sure" crap instead of undo, that is why
why we have all the "tips of the day" junk, that is why we have more and more
EULA's.

The fact world is shifting in some direction is not a _proof_ the one is right.


> Every rogramm that needs to be configued before
> use, should have an easy wizard that helps you setting the most important
> values.

AGAIN, they can have wizards, no problem, but no STARTUP wizards.

Use cases (just examples):
* Kmail -- I am evaluating import feature to compare it to Thunderbird, what do
I need full setup at start for?
* Amarok -- I would like to play some audio file, right now, sorry, but I don't
need any setup, album settings, and so on

If you wonder where this lead, observe Windows -- it is great example of your
vision of user-friendliness, you cannot touch app before stating if you want
search button with it, toolbar in FF, location, file association, and so on and
on and on. And when you have to reinstall the system, or something like this,
you get sick, before you even start.

Bottom line is -- usability matters. One of its principle is this -- user is in
control. Software should allow do things, not push the user around.

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