Comment 36 for bug 1231799

(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > Startcenter was only hidden in 4.1, but I do not remember any bugs related
> > to that either...
> There is Bug 70133.

... where the reporter does not say why he needs it, just that it is missing. Cue http://xkcd.com/1172/ .

> Also keep in mind that Debian/Ubuntu patched 4.1 to
> re-enable the start center, and that might be the reason we don't have many
> reports about it.

But that does not supports the "generic unix" case. Reciprocally, keep in mind that Fedora has had it disabled for at least 4 releases and we have not had any bug reports concerning that either.

> Or to open recently edited document. The new start center allows to do
> that in a convenient way, instead of opening the file browser and
> navigating through endless folders...

And only allows to do that one document at a time, because as soon as you have opened one, the only way to go back to the start center is to close the document. So the user needs to remember two ways to access recently opened documents. (Three, actually, because the desktop typically offers one as well.)

But whatever... I have had enough of this discussion. I will revert my earlier commit and just handle it in Fedora.