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The new welcome screens are something baffling to me. When I open Kate, a text editor, I immediately want to type my text, not be greeted by options and look fo

The new welcome screens are something baffling to me. When I open Kate, a text editor, I immediately want to type my text, not be greeted by options and look for "new file".

badsectoracula 4y ago
Like a lot of things in KDE, this is configurable: Settings -> Configure Kate -> Session (from the sidebar) -> Uncheck "Show welcome view for new windows" under "Application Startup/Shutdown Behavior"
- tssva 4y ago
  If the Kate one is like the one shown for ark, I hope they are consistent, there will also be a checkbox on the welcome screen to disable it being shown again.
  - arusahni 4y ago
    Yes - the checkbox is below the saved sessions list.
- asddubs 4y ago
  that's what I really like about KDE, there is a lot of configurability.
  - Symbiote 4y ago
    I think I have 5-6 things I configure on a new KDE installation, but I'm sure they're different things to everyone else.
  - GreenWatermelon 4y ago
    DISCOVERABLE configurability. Things I can find in the UI. I hate the universal "add this line to <obscure config file> to fix that" thing that's prevalent in Linux. Having a gui for settings helps with not having to memorize in what forsaken directory an application keeps its config files, because apparently that's not standard. Is it in .config? Or maybe .<app name>? Maybe /etc/thing?
ChuckNorris89 4y ago
KDE is doing this to improve discoverability for new users as that's a major feedback from users to KDE, that it's hard to learn all the features it's capable of.
- bityard 4y ago
  I get the rationale, but I've also seen a lot of software UX evolve into being annoying or useless for experienced users by catering exclusively to inexperienced users. I hope KDE does not fall into this trap. I think the next step is a global setting that says, "I am an experienced computer user, please don't try hold my hand all the time, it's creepy"

The new welcome screens are something baffling to me. When I open Kate, a text editor, I immediately want to type my text, not be greeted by options and look for "new file".

badsectoracula 4y ago

Like a lot of things in KDE, this is configurable: Settings -> Configure Kate -> Session (from the sidebar) -> Uncheck "Show welcome view for new windows" under "Application Startup/Shutdown Behavior"

tssva 4y ago
If the Kate one is like the one shown for ark, I hope they are consistent, there will also be a checkbox on the welcome screen to disable it being shown again.
- arusahni 4y ago
  Yes - the checkbox is below the saved sessions list.
asddubs 4y ago
that's what I really like about KDE, there is a lot of configurability.
- Symbiote 4y ago
  I think I have 5-6 things I configure on a new KDE installation, but I'm sure they're different things to everyone else.
- GreenWatermelon 4y ago
  DISCOVERABLE configurability. Things I can find in the UI. I hate the universal "add this line to <obscure config file> to fix that" thing that's prevalent in Linux. Having a gui for settings helps with not having to memorize in what forsaken directory an application keeps its config files, because apparently that's not standard. Is it in .config? Or maybe .<app name>? Maybe /etc/thing?

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

KDE is doing this to improve discoverability for new users as that's a major feedback from users to KDE, that it's hard to learn all the features it's capable of.

bityard 4y ago
I get the rationale, but I've also seen a lot of software UX evolve into being annoying or useless for experienced users by catering exclusively to inexperienced users. I hope KDE does not fall into this trap. I think the next step is a global setting that says, "I am an experienced computer user, please don't try hold my hand all the time, it's creepy"