Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

     > > Welcome!
     > > This is the first time you run Emacs, please choose how to proceed:
     > > 
     > > [] Go Vanilla!
     > >   (standard defaults, no customizations)
     > > 
     > > [] Start Configuration Wizard
     > >   (set-up your .emacs configuration file interactively)
     > > 
     > > [] Try Emacs in enhanced-mode
     > >   (run with a predefined configuration showing emacs potential)
     > > 
     > > After this screen, the normal Emacs splash screen could me
     > > presented.

     > No please.

     > I would not like that be included in Emacs. I am installing so many
     > times Emacs, I need no installation wizards,

   I understand that you have no need for this -- but why do you object to it?
   It would only require you to type a couple of characters.

In the above example, you need to get through _two_ screens, one is to
quit the "configuration screen", and then you need to quit the splash
screen before you can use emacs.  It is unfriendly to the user to
demand them to spend time, even the slightest, to configure Emacs
before they can use it -- today there is a nice balance.

If the "configuration screen" would be part of the splash screen which
I have suggested, or behave as the splash screen (i.e., you can simply
switch buffers or press q or similar to get to the *scratch* buffer)
then this wouldn't be a problem.