proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

[Mike Fedyk]

Brent Fox wrote:

>I propose that we remove the "Start Here" icon from the default desktop
>for the following reasons:
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>- It presents the same choices that the Main Menu does, just in a
>different way.  This is potentially confusing and inconsistent.  The
>Menu is a much faster way to launch apps anyway.
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But it's nice to have one window with all of the "panels" available for 
double clicking on.  It's a pain to have to go through the menu to get 
to each pref panel especially on low resolution.

>- The name "Start Here" implies that there it will take you to a set of
>steps to set up your desktop, but it doesn't do that.
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But it does.  It gives you the preferences and system settings in a 
window, which some people prefer to the menus.

>- It's basically useless.  :)
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Allowing another way to get the same window should still be there though.

>I think a case could be made for a first-run desktop tutorial kind of
>thing, but "Start Here" as it currently exists is not it.  I propose
>that we remove this icon for FC3test2 and see if anybody complains.
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Maybe "start here" should be renamed to "Control Panel" or something.

While it isn't a step through introduction to the system, it does 
provide an alternate view in the "spacial" way.

You're not taking away the "start-here:///" target in nautilus are you?

Mike