Re: Redesign of start screen

[Kai <kai willadsen gmail com>]

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 22:26, Vincent P <vincent p trashmail gmail com> wrote:

(I tried to put attachments to this message at first, but obviously this list doesn't support them.)

> My bad, sorry. I didn't see the filtered email in time.

I tried to upload a image too but the file limit is really really low (40k including text)

So I uploaded my proposition here

https://ibb.co/mbcBd2S

This is a total rewrite of my initial proposal  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789174

which was already 2,5 years old.

In fact my proposal for a start page is ... no start page at all :)

Just show the following screen whan user launch the app for the first time.

I think 

It's more informative for user

It will need less code

Just following up here to say that I agree that not having a New Comparison screen at all may be the best option, although it is a fair bit of work. There's more details on the Gitlab issue (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/issues/73).

How we deal with introducing users to such a workflow is a challenge. A GtkAssistant-style guide like you suggest is definitely an option. Ideally I think we could provide guidance in a more subtle, GNOME-y style, but I'm definitely concerned that things like the three pane expansion are going to be easily missed.

cheers,

Kai