Version: (using KDE 4.3.2) Installed from: I Don't Know I would like to see a wizard, which starts at the first time you start KDE. It would allow to set information like name, location, email data and so on. It could also allow to set the settings like the widget style or the numbers of the virtual desktops, activities and so on. This feature request was originally submitted through KDE Brainstorm, and has been submitted to Bugzilla due to popular demand. Original idea: http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php?mode=idea&i=56315
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Kaptan could be used as a base for such project https://github.com/PisiLinuxNew/kaptan
From duped Bug 397469: This came up during an extended VDG discussion yesterday. We have avoided first-run wizards in Plasmashell for a variety of good reasons, but yesterday I and several others were able to come to agreement on the idea of a first-run wizard to tailor the system better to the user's physical needs, asking questions such as: - "Are you left or right-handed?" - "Are you red-green colorblind, or totally colorblind?" - "Which text is more readable for you" [then we present images of text within a window at 9, 10, 11, and 12 pt, and the answer determines the default font size] - "What is your primary language?" -- And then a follow-up question: "What does your keyboard look like?" [then we present a visual assortment of keyboard layouts based on the user's answer to the language question, so they can select the right keyboard for their locale and hardware] Basically the idea is that we *only* ask questions that the user is guaranteed to know the answer to because it's very personal to them. We don't ask what panel layout or animation style they want because those are questions that only technical experts can answer. But everyone knows whether they're right or left handed, how well they can see, etc. It will require discipline to keep inappropriate questions out of the wizard, but I volunteer to crack that whip. :)
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I really like the (Plasma based) Feren OS welcome screen. it asks the right questions to get the user started. https://github.com/feren-OS/Feren-Welcome imo a future welcome screen should always have a "skip and use defaults" button.
We explicitly don't want to ask users technical questions or ask them to specify initial config data for things they might not understand (like number of virtual desktops, or preferred UI layout), sorry. See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Design/Lessons_Learned#First-run_wizard However we are considering a wizard thingy that's more of an "onboarding" tool, or for showing users what changed after an upgrade. For that, see Bug 441367.