Re: Proposal to create a welcome app for XFCE
[email protected] Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:13:12 +0200 (CEST)
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--===============5371510482517655953== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_69ce2518_7856_4f3399a1" ------=_NextPart_001_69ce2518_7856_4f3399a1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Cyrille, and thanks for your reply. You=E2=80=99re perfectly right, that=E2=80=99s = a good question. We could keep the first welcome page for the distro, which is the rest of = the pages dedicated to the features of the graphical environment, but it's = rather a question for the developer/creator (Ajrat). Mine was a simple mockup to explore content filling and try to give a grap= hic direction Regards, Hello, The mockup of this welcome screen seems to be good. Quick question, I already have a welcome screen on my distro. Maybe some o= ther distributions include such a welcome screen. How is it plan to integra= te in such situation? Here is a quick screenshot of it (with dark theme): I wanted to point this to you for not developping something that distro mi= ght disable to display their own welcome app=E2=80=A6 Regards, Cyrille Le 2026-03-13 11:49 : Thank you for share your project, very interesting and thank you for your = effort and time spent developing. Below is a first sketch of content spaces based on your project. After ins= talling it, I tried to imagine content in three steps based on the template= (but free to change this):=20 =C2=A0 https://nuage.numericloud.eu/s/gotzArewx6ejdxM =C2=A0 Best regards, =C2=A0 =C2=A0 From : Ajrat Makhmutov <[email protected]> To : [email protected] Object=C2=A0: Re: Proposal to create a welcome app for XFCE Date=C2=A0: 03/11/2025 18:14:59 On 9/19/25 16:14, Ajrat Makhmutov wrote: > When I have a working version that is ready for testing, I will send=20 > it to this email thread as a Work-in-Progress for your review. > Hello XFCE Developers, I'd like to share my Work In Progress project - xfce4-welcome, a customizable welcome application for XFCE desktop environment. The code is available at: https://gitlab.xfce.org/rautyrauty/xfce4-welcome It can be launched and debugged with VSCodium, and ... Best regards, Ajrat Makhmutov _______________________________________________ Xfce4-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev=20 _______________________________________________ Xfce4-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev ------=_NextPart_001_69ce2518_7856_4f3399a1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>Hello Cyrille,</div><div><br></div><div>and thanks for your reply. You= =E2=80=99re perfectly right, that=E2=80=99s a good question.</div><div><br>= </div><div>We could keep the first welcome page for the distro, which is th= e rest of the pages dedicated to the features of the graphical environment,= but it's rather a question for the developer/creator (Ajrat).</div><div>Mi= ne was a simple mockup to explore content filling and try to give a graphic= direction</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><br><= /div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 0.5em;border-left:1px = #00f solid;padding-left:1em;"><p>Hello,</p> <p>The mockup of this welcome screen seems to be good.</p> <p>Quick question, I already have a welcome screen on my distro. Maybe som= e other distributions include such a welcome screen. How is it plan to inte= grate in such situation?</p> <p>Here is a quick screenshot of it (with dark theme):<br><br></p> <div id=3D"signature"></div> <p>I wanted to point this to you for not developping something that distro= might disable to display their own welcome app=E2=80=A6</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Cyrille</p><p><br></p><p><br></p> <p id=3D"reply-intro">Le 2026-03-13 11:49 :</p> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding:0 0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px= solid;margin:0;"> <div id=3D"replybody1">Thank you for share your project, very interesting = and thank you for your effort and time spent developing.<br>Below is a firs= t sketch of content spaces based on your project. After installing it, I tr= ied to imagine content in three steps based on the template (but free to ch= ange this): <div>=C2=A0</div> <div><a href=3D"https://nuage.numericloud.eu/s/2H4F33R8Y6gTDEe" referrerpo= licy=3D"no-referrer" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer" rel=3D"noreferrer noope= ner" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer">https://nuage.numericloud.eu/s/gotzArew= x6ejdxM</a></div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>Best regards,</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 0.5em;border-left:1px #00f solid;padding= -left:1em;">From : Ajrat Makhmutov <[email protected]><br>To : xfce4= [email protected]<br>Object=C2=A0: Re: Proposal to create a welcome app for XFC= E<br>Date=C2=A0: 03/11/2025 18:14:59<br><br>On 9/19/25 16:14, Ajrat Makhmut= ov wrote:<br>> When I have a working version that is ready for testing, = I will send <br>> it to this email thread as a Work-in-Progress for your= review.<br>><br>Hello XFCE Developers,<br><br>I'd like to share my Work= In Progress project - xfce4-welcome,<br>a customizable welcome application= for XFCE desktop environment.<br><br>The code is available at: <a href=3D"= https://gitlab.xfce.org/rautyrauty/xfce4-welcome" referrerpolicy=3D"no-refe= rrer" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener" referrerpo= licy=3D"no-referrer">https://gitlab.xfce.org/rautyrauty/xfce4-welcome</a><b= r><br>It can be launched and debugged with VSCodium, and ...<br><br>Best re= gards,<br>Ajrat Makhmutov<br><br>__________________________________________= _____<br>Xfce4-dev mailing list<br>[email protected]<br><a href=3D"https:/= /mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer" r= eferrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener" referrerpolicy=3D= "no-referrer">https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev</a></blockqu= ote> </div> <br> <div class=3D"pre" style=3D"margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace;">___= ____________________________________________<br>Xfce4-dev mailing list<br><= a>[email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listin= fo/xfce4-dev" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer"= rel=3D"noreferrer noopener" referrerpolicy=3D"no-referrer">https://mail.xf= ce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev</a></div> </blockquote></blockquote> ------=_NextPart_001_69ce2518_7856_4f3399a1-- --===============5371510482517655953== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Xfce4-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev --===============5371510482517655953==--