Feature : Add a welcome screen

The topic had been discussed in Splash and Welcome screen A similar feature is present in recent versions of other KDE apps (Krita, Kate, Okular, etc.) We have also looked at other FOSS applications, like Blender and Inkscape.

Content

There seems to be a consensus for the following items to be present in this screen

• A button to create a new project
• A button to open an existing project
• A list of clickable recently used projects
• The logo of the application
• The version of the application
• A checkbox to allow to not show this screen again.
• A series of hyperlinks

Possible additional items:

• An indication that the version is obsolete (currently, a very simple solution is preferred, based on the version number and the current year, as there is a fixed frequency for releases)
• An icon to clear the list of recently used projects

Type of screen

In the KDE applications, the welcome screen is incorporated in the main window. In other apps, it's a separate window in front of it.

Method

It would be interesting to involve, even briefly, KDE design team.

We have started using a Penpot doc but it's really just a test.