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<p>I am hoping more feedback is welcome versus too much...</p>
<p>under that assumption, my 1.5c:</p>
<p>Full disclosure - I have been a collaborator for the Microsoft
Visual Studio Code project for two years (I do have a bias)</p>
<p>VCS is obviously a very different tool used by developers not the
average Joe. It does have a lot in common with Thunderbird</p>
<p>Regardless , I wanted to focus on one feature, the welcome page.
I apologize if I missed it among the many threads, but I do not
think</p>
<p>anyone has mentioned using something like this welcome page as
opposed to a dialogue. As you can see from below, the welcome
page</p>
<p>which is shown at all startups if not disabled by the user, shows
a pretty complete set of jumpoff points for things you would
typically do</p>
<p>both at first launch as well as new sessions. By using more of a
full-page approach we have much more flexibility to point people
in the right direction</p>
<p>either as novices , or experienced people looking for extensions
right away, The importation of certificates, accounts OR
"advertising" offering a new</p>
<p>e-mail account are all possible with the page, but would be very
hard to do in a dialogue. NoOne needs to close anything or more
importantly</p>
<p>be concerned about closing dialogue with a page approaches well.
The other thing is that a page like this can be much more dynamic
since its focus</p>
<p>is arguably more generalized and it can absorb evolution without
real paradigm changes. Making more dynamic content within this
context</p>
<p>also has some advantages.</p>
<p>FWIW</p>
<p>Christopher<br>
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