Comment 59 for bug 372132

This is the third iteration of 100 paper cuts for this bug and still no consensus.

The initial bug report assessed something quite simple. The present design of the Templates is not user-friendly, and Windows converted users get confused. The obvious solution seemed to be the more useful for those affected by the bug, that is, the new comers (from Windows usually). And that is, place a few (max 5?) empty files of the more common and used default apps (Openoffice, and the like) in the Templates directory to have those available from the right click menu.

The more savvy users know how to deal with all this and so, it is simple for them to personalize it. Also, the discoverability of the Templates functionality has been criticized (and I personally think it is an important issue), but that probably belongs to a different bug.

In any case, it seems that someone has to take over this to solve it, one way or another. It's been more than one year and the only thing left is (as far as I understand) a decision on what exact templates to put in the Templates directory by default. Is it possible that someone in the Design or Usability teams can make that decision? It should be a simple one.

And please, let's keep in mind that the goal of this is to help ease the transition from Windows and enjoy a very simple and quite popular feature (easily customizable, also).