diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/core.qrc b/src/plugins/coreplugin/core.qrc
index bd8f3ad11f4fece55f22fbde6fe8366afcf21130..7ffa12b5710ebaef4963ada376d81e17dda16485 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/core.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/core.qrc
@@ -1,34 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/core" >
-        <file>html/images/bg_site_header_dark_grey.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/body_bg_circles_bottom_right.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/body_bg_gradient.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_feedback.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_feedback_hover.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_getting_started.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_getting_started_hover.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_restore_session.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/btn_restore_session_hover.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/feedback-bar-background.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/feedback-text.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/list_bullet_arrow.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/mode_Project.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/nokia_logo.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/product_logo.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/qt_logo.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_bottom_left.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_bottom_mid.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_bottom_right.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_mid_left.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_mid_mid.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_mid_right.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_top_left.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_top_mid.png</file>
-        <file>html/images/rc_top_right.png</file>
-        <file>html/qt.css</file>
-        <file>html/recent_projects.html</file>
-        <file>html/recent_sessions.html</file>
-        <file>html/welcome.html</file>
         <file>images/clean_pane_small.png</file>
         <file>images/clear.png</file>
         <file>images/closebutton.png</file>
@@ -73,5 +44,19 @@
         <file>images/unlocked.png</file>
         <file>images/extension.png</file>
         <file>images/darkclosebutton.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_feedback.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_feedback_hover.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started_hover.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session_hover.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/feedback-bar-background.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/feedback-text.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/list_bullet_arrow.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/mode_project.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/nokia_logo.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/product_logo.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/qt_logo.png</file>
+        <file>images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
index e99f5b796b8305107b0fecefc357ae40d9bceae8..512ceb01b78f560cd1b6be5e427fe517a55b5a91 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QtPlugin>
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-#include <QtGui/QApplication>
-#include <QtWebKit/QWebSettings>
-#endif
 
 using namespace Core::Internal;
 
@@ -72,12 +68,6 @@ bool CorePlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorMessage)
     Q_UNUSED(arguments);
     const bool success = m_mainWindow->init(errorMessage);
     if (success) {
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-        QWebSettings *webSettings = QWebSettings::globalSettings();
-        const QFont applicationFont = QApplication::font();
-        webSettings->setFontFamily(QWebSettings::StandardFont, applicationFont.family());
-        //webSettings->setFontSize(QWebSettings::DefaultFontSize, applicationFont.pointSize());
-#endif
         m_welcomeMode = new WelcomeMode;
         addObject(m_welcomeMode);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
index c3606c1f1bd459437ab9b4ec8ec9a219768172f8..57fac677d0464c50d7f9ebb9e73a3a8fd7246768 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ SOURCES += mainwindow.cpp \
     icore.cpp
 HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     welcomemode.h \
+    welcomemode_p.h \
     editmode.h \
     tabpositionindicator.h \
     fancyactionbar.h \
@@ -155,14 +156,11 @@ FORMS += dialogs/newdialog.ui \
     dialogs/saveitemsdialog.ui \
     dialogs/openwithdialog.ui \
     editormanager/openeditorsview.ui \
-    generalsettings.ui
+    generalsettings.ui \
+    welcomemode.ui
 RESOURCES += core.qrc \
     fancyactionbar.qrc
 
-contains(QT_CONFIG, webkit) {
-    QT += webkit
-}
-
 linux-* {
     images.files = images/qtcreator_logo_*.png
     images.path  = /share/pixmaps
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diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/qt.css b/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/qt.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e4fb05b8cdb6149bc9015dfba8dcd4d0b9ab3ae..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/qt.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,378 +0,0 @@
-/**************************************
-Nokia, QT Software CSS - IDE Startseite
-**************************************/
-
-/************************************** 
-Reset
-**************************************/	
-* {
-	
-	vertical-align: baseline;
-	font-weight: inherit;
-	font-family: inherit;
-	font-style: inherit;
-	padding: 0;
-	margin: 0;
-
-}
-
-/*image link*/
-a.img_link:link {text-decoration:none;}
-a.img_link:visited {text-decoration:none}
-a.img_link:active {text-decoration:none}
-a.img_link:hover {text-decoration:none}
-
-/*regular link*/
-a:link {color:#5e5e5e; text-decoration:none;}
-a:visited {color:#5e5e5e; text-decoration:none}
-a:active {color:#5e5e5e; text-decoration:none}
-a:hover {color:#5e5e5e; text-decoration:underline}
-
-p{
-	
-	font-size:9pt;
-	
-	}
-
-strong{
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-em {
-    font-style: italic;
-}
-
-ul{
-	
-	list-style-type: none;
-	margin:0px 0px;
-	padding:15px 0px;
-	
-	}
-	
-li {
-	
-	background:url(images/list_bullet_arrow.png) top left no-repeat;
-	font-size:9pt;
-	padding:1px 0px 0px 22px;
-	margin:0px 0px 15px 0px;
-	}
-	
-li:last-child{
-	
-	margin:0px;
-	
-	}
-	
-
-	
-	
-
-img {
-	
-	border: 0 none;
-	
-	}
-
-/*Welcome Headline*/
-h1{
-	
-	font-size:2em;
-	font-weight:normal;
-	padding-bottom:22px;
-	
-	color:#4d4d4d;
-	
-	}
-
-/*Headlines Recent...*/
-h2{
-	
-	font-size:18px;
-	font-weight:normal;
-	color:#7c92a1;
-	border-bottom:1px solid #a6b5c1;
-	padding:5px 0px 10px 0px;
-	
-	}
-
-.clear_float{
-	
-	clear:both;
-	
-	}
-	
-.clear_left{
-	
-	clear:left;
-	
-	}
-
-.clear_right{
-	
-	clear:right;
-	
-	}
-
-/************************************** 
-HTML / BODY
-**************************************/	
-html, body {
-   font-family: Arial, Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;	
-   color: #5e5e5e;
-   background:#d7d7d7 url(images/body_bg_gradient.png) top left repeat-x;
-   height:100%;
-}
-
-/*Platzierung der Circles unten rechts*/
-.global_container {
-	position:relative;
-	width:100%;
-	min-height:100%;	
-	min-width:550px;
-}
-
-
-.footer {
-	position:relative;
-	list-style-type:none;
-	margin:0;
-	padding:0;
-	width:100%;
-	height:55px;
-	margin-top:-86px;
-}
-
-.feedback-bar {
-	position:relative;
-	list-style-type:none;
-	margin:0;
-	padding:0;
-	height: 31px;
-	width: 100%;
-	margin-top: 0px;
-	background-image: url(images/feedback-bar-background.png);
-}
-
-a.btn_feedback {
-	background-image:url(images/btn_feedback.png);
-	width:102px;
-	height:26px;
-	display:block;
-	float:left;
-}
-
-a.btn_feedback:hover {
-	background-image:url(images/btn_feedback_hover.png)
-}
-
-.left-logo {
-	float:left;
-	background:none;
-	margin:0;
-	padding:0;
-	padding-left: 15px;
-	content:url(images/qt_logo.png);
- }
-
-.right-logo {
-	float:right;
-	background:none;
-	margin: 0;
-	margin-right: 15px;
-	margin-top: 25px;
-	padding:0;
-	content:url(images/nokia_logo.png);
- }
-
-/************************************** 
-Site Header
-**************************************/
-.site_header{
-	
-	height:21px;
-	background:#686868 url(images/bg_site_header_dark_grey.png) top left repeat-x;
-	
-	}
-
-.site_header p{
-	
-	padding:3px 10px;
-	color:#fff;
-	
-	}
-
-
-/************************************** 
-Content
-**************************************/
-.content_container{
-	
-	margin:0px auto;
-	
-	/*CUSTOMIZE WIDTH*/
-	width:600px;
-	}
-
-
-/************************************** 
-Layout TOP - Logo und Welcome Text
-**************************************/
-.layout_top{
-	
-	padding-top:50px;
-	min-height:250px;
-	
-	}
-
-
-/*Product Logo*/
-.layout_top .product_logo{
-	
-	float:left;
-	width:210px;
-		
-	}
-
-.layout_top .product_logo img{
-
-	
-	}
-
-/*Welcome Text*/
-.layout_top .welcome_text{
-	
-	margin-left:210px;
-	padding-top:20px;
-        padding-bottom:30px;
-	
-	
-	}
-	
-.layout_top .welcome_text p{
-	
-	font-size:9pt;
-	line-height:180%;
-	
-	}
-	
-.layout_top .welcome_text .get_started_container{
-	
-	border-top:1px solid #a8a8a8;
-	margin-top:20px;
-	padding:10px 0px;
-	
-	}
-
-/*Getting started Button inlusive CSS HOVER*/
-a.btn_getting_started{
-	
-	float:right;
-	display:block;
-    background-image:url(images/btn_getting_started.png);
-    width:133px;
-    height:29px; 
-    
-    }
-   
-a.btn_getting_started:hover{ 
-	
-	background-image:url(images/btn_getting_started_hover.png)
-	
-	}; 
-
-
-/************************************** 
-Layout BOTTOM - Recent Projects und Recent Sessions
-**************************************/
-
-
-/*ROUNDED CORNER BOX - fluid layout compatible*/
-.rc_box{}
-
-.rc_box .top{height:8px;}
-
-.rc_box .top .left{float:left; height:8px; width:8px; background:url(images/rc_top_left.png) top left no-repeat;}
-
-.rc_box .top .mid{margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; height:8px; background:url(images/rc_top_mid.png) top left repeat-x;}
-
-.rc_box .top .right{float:right; height:8px; width:8px; background:url(images/rc_top_right.png) top left no-repeat;}
-
-
-.rc_box .mid{}
-
-.rc_box .mid .mid{padding:0px 20px 0px 10px; min-height:203px; background:#e6e6e6 url(images/rc_mid_mid.png) top left repeat-x; border-left:1px solid #a6b5c1; border-right:1px solid #a6b5c1;}
-
-.rc_box .icon{
-	
-	width:35px;
-	float:left;
-	padding-top:3px;
-	
-	}
-	
-.rc_box .box_content{
-	
-	margin-left:35px;
-	
-	}
-
-
-.rc_box .bottom{height:8px;}
-
-.rc_box .bottom .left{float:left; height:8px; width:8px; background:url(images/rc_bottom_left.png) top left no-repeat;}
-
-.rc_box .bottom .mid{margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; height:8px; background:url(images/rc_bottom_mid.png) top left repeat-x;}
-
-.rc_box .bottom .right{float:right; height:8px; width:8px; background:url(images/rc_bottom_right.png) top left no-repeat;}
-
-/*Layout Bottom*/
-.layout_bottom{ padding:10px 0px 50px 0px; }
-
-/*Recent Projects*/
-.layout_bottom .rec_proj_container{
-	
-        margin-left:50%;
-
-	}
-
-.layout_bottom .rec_proj_container .rec_proj_box{
-	
-        margin-left:10px;
-
-        }
-
-
-
-/*Recent Sessions*/
-.layout_bottom .rec_sess_container{
-
-        width:50%;
-        float:left;
-
-	}
-
-.layout_bottom .rec_sess_container .rec_sess_box{
-	
-        margin-right:10px;
-
-	}
-	
-/*Restore Session Button inlusive CSS HOVER*/
-a.restore_session{
-	
-        float:right;
-	display:block;
-    background-image:url(images/btn_restore_session.png);
-    width:137px;
-    height:27px; 
-    
-    }
-   
-a.restore_session:hover{ 
-	
-	background-image:url(images/btn_restore_session_hover.png)
-	
-	}; 
-	
-
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_projects.html b/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_projects.html
deleted file mode 100644
index db1bab8bcff7fcfe93aadf2c44ea36eb4e720e54..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_projects.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-				<div class="rc_box rec_proj_container">
-					<div class="rec_proj_box">
-						<!-- top -->
-						<div class="top">
-							<div class="left"></div>
-							<div class="right"></div>
-							<div class="mid"></div>
-						</div>
-						
-						<!-- mid -->
-						<div class="mid">
-						
-							<div class="mid">
-							
-								<div class="icon">
-									<img src="images/mode_Project.png"></img>
-								</div>
-								<div class="box_content">
-									<h2>Recent Projects</h2>
-									<ul>
-									<!-- RECENT PROJECTS LIST -->
-										<!--<li><p><a href="#">Project 1</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Project 2</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Project 3</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Project 4</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Project 5</a></p></li>-->
-									</ul>
-								</div>
-								
-							</div>
-	
-						</div>
-						
-						<!-- bottom -->
-						<div class="bottom">
-							<div class="left"></div>
-							<div class="right"></div>
-							<div class="mid"></div>
-						</div>
-					</div>
-				</div>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_sessions.html b/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_sessions.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d2f6f2a5967d8ec698cd071fe99a170eaa9a366f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/recent_sessions.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-				<div class="rc_box rec_sess_container">
-					<div class="rec_sess_box">
-						<!-- top -->
-						<div class="top">
-							<div class="left"></div>
-							<div class="right"></div>
-							<div class="mid"></div>
-						</div>
-						
-						<!-- mid -->
-						<div class="mid">
-						
-							<div class="mid">
-							
-								<div class="icon">
-									<img src="images/mode_Project.png"></img>
-								</div>
-								<div class="box_content">
-									<h2>Recent Sessions</h2>
-									<ul>
-									<!-- RECENT SESSIONS LIST -->
-										<!--<li><p><a href="#">Session 1</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Session 2</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Session 3</a></p></li>
-										<li><p><a href="#">Session 4</a></p></li>-->
-									</ul>
-
-									<a class="restore_session img_link" href="gh-session:LAST_SESSION">&nbsp;</a>
-									<div class="clear_right"></div>
-								</div>
-								
-							</div>
-	
-						</div>
-						
-						<!-- bottom -->
-						<div class="bottom">
-							<div class="left"></div>
-							<div class="right"></div>
-							<div class="mid"></div>
-						</div>
-					</div>
-				</div>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/welcome.html b/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/welcome.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5be285775b19c9e38eae51836137803d58d3dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/welcome.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
-    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-<head>
-
-	<title>Nokia, Qt Software</title>	
-	<!--<meta name="expires" content="0">-->
-	
-	<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
-	
-	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="qt.css">
-	<script type="text/javascript">
-		var preloadImg01 = new Image();
-		preloadImg01.src = "images/btn_getting_started_hover.png";
-		var preloadImg02 = new Image();
-		preloadImg02.src = "images/btn_restore_session_hover.png";
-		var preloadImg03 = new Image();
-		preloadImg03.src = "images/btn_feedback_hover.png";
-	</script>
-</head>
-<body>
-	<div class="global_container">
-			<!-- Obere dunkelgraue Zeile "Welcome" -->
-	<!--		<div class="site_header">
-				<p>Welcome</p>
-			</div>
-	-->
-
-			<!-- Content START -->
-			<!-- Zentrierung des Contents -->
-			<div class="content_container">
-				<!-- TOP - Logo und Welcome Text -->
-				<div class="layout_top">
-					<div class="product_logo">
-						<img src="images/product_logo.png" alt="product_logo"></img>
-					</div>
-					<div class="welcome_text">
-						<h1>Welcome</h1>
-						<p>Qt Creator is an intuitive, modern cross platform IDE that enables
-	developers to create graphically appealing applications for desktop,
-	embedded, and mobile devices. Click on <strong>Getting Started</strong> to
-	begin developing with Qt Creator.</p>
-						<div class="get_started_container">
-
-							<a class="btn_getting_started img_link" href="gh:getting-started">&nbsp;</a>
-							<div class="clear_right"></div>
-
-						</div>
-					</div>
-				</div>
-
-				<!-- BOTTOM - Recent Projects und Recent Sessions -->
-				<div class="layout_bottom">
-
-					<!-- RECENT SESSIONS -->
-
-                                        <!-- RECENT PROJECTS -->
-
-					<!-- clear floating of sessions and projects -->
-					<div class="clear_left"></div>
-
-				</div>
-				<!-- Layout Bottom END -->
-
-			</div>
-
-			<!-- Content END -->
-
-	</div>
-	<ul class="footer">
-		<li class="right-logo"/>
-		<li class="left-logo"/>
-	</ul>
-	<ul class="feedback-bar">
-		<img src="images/feedback-text.png" alt="Help us make Qt Creator better" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 3px; float: left;"/>
-		<a class="btn_feedback img_link" href="http://www.qtsoftware.com/forms/feedback-forms/qt-creator-user-feedback/view" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">&nbsp;</a>
-	</ul>
-</body>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_feedback.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_feedback.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_feedback_hover.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback_hover.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_feedback_hover.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback_hover.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_getting_started.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_getting_started.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_getting_started_hover.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started_hover.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_getting_started_hover.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started_hover.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_restore_session.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_restore_session.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_restore_session_hover.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session_hover.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/btn_restore_session_hover.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session_hover.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/feedback-bar-background.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/feedback-bar-background.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/feedback-bar-background.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/feedback-bar-background.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/feedback-text.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/feedback-text.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/feedback-text.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/feedback-text.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/list_bullet_arrow.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/list_bullet_arrow.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/list_bullet_arrow.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/list_bullet_arrow.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/mode_Project.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/mode_project.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/mode_Project.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/mode_project.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/nokia_logo.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/nokia_logo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/nokia_logo.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/nokia_logo.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/product_logo.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/product_logo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/product_logo.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/product_logo.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/qt_logo.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/qt_logo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/html/images/qt_logo.png
rename to src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/qt_logo.png
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c395794ca3f353cfb6bf533b1594839f0d1cbf66
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/plugins/coreplugin/images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png differ
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
index 6c56736f0a4af37ca47b75f0f226dd890fd3657d..adf3e933f3dc728602d025551fda2a2809c4bb0b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
@@ -32,83 +32,35 @@
 #include "uniqueidmanager.h"
 #include "modemanager.h"
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-#include <QtWebKit/QWebView>
-#include <QtGui/QApplication>
-#include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
-#else
-#include <QtGui/QLabel>
-#endif
 #include <QtGui/QToolBar>
 #include <QtGui/QDesktopServices>
+#include <QtGui/QMouseEvent>
 
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
-#include <QtCore/QFile>
-#include <QtCore/QTextStream>
+#include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QUrl>
 
+#include "ui_welcomemode.h"
+
 namespace Core {
 namespace Internal {
 
-static QString readFile(const QString &name)
-{
-    QFile f(name);
-    if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-        qWarning("Unable to open %s: %s", name.toUtf8().constData(), f.errorString().toUtf8().constData());
-        return QString();
-    }
-    QTextStream ts(&f);
-    return ts.readAll();
-}
-
 struct WelcomeModePrivate
 {
     WelcomeModePrivate();
 
     QWidget *m_widget;
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-    QWebView *m_webview;
-#else
-    QLabel *m_label;
-#endif
+    QWidget *m_welcomePage;
+    Ui::welcomePage ui;
 
     WelcomeMode::WelcomePageData lastData;
-
-    const QString m_htmlTemplate;
-    const QString m_sessionHtmlTemplate;
-    const QString m_projectHtmlTemplate;
-    const QUrl m_baseUrl;
 };
 
-WelcomeModePrivate::WelcomeModePrivate() :
-    m_widget(new QWidget),
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-    m_webview(new QWebView),
-#else
-    m_label(new QLabel),
-#endif
-    m_htmlTemplate(readFile(QLatin1String(":/core/html/welcome.html"))),
-    m_sessionHtmlTemplate(readFile(QLatin1String(":/core/html/recent_sessions.html"))),
-    m_projectHtmlTemplate(readFile(QLatin1String(":/core/html/recent_projects.html"))),
-    m_baseUrl(QUrl(QLatin1String("qrc:/core/html/welcome.html")))
+WelcomeModePrivate::WelcomeModePrivate()
 {
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-    m_webview->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
-#endif   
 }
 
-#if defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-
-const char LABEL[] = QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Core::Internal::WelcomeMode",
-                    "<center><table><tr><td><img src=\":/core/html/images/product_logo.png\"/></td><td width=300>"
-                    "<h2><br/><br/>Welcome</h2><p> Qt Creator is an intuitive, modern cross platform IDE that enables "
-                    "developers to create graphically appealing applications for desktop, "
-                    "embedded, and mobile devices. "
-                    "<p><font color=\"red\">(This startup page lacks features due to disabled WebKit support)</font>"
-                    "</td></tr></table>");
-
-#endif
 // ---  WelcomePageData
 
 bool WelcomeMode::WelcomePageData::operator==(const WelcomePageData &rhs) const
@@ -140,27 +92,25 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dgb, const WelcomeMode::WelcomePageData &d)
 WelcomeMode::WelcomeMode() :
     m_d(new WelcomeModePrivate)
 {
+    m_d->m_widget = new QWidget;
     QVBoxLayout *l = new QVBoxLayout(m_d->m_widget);
     l->setMargin(0);
     l->setSpacing(0);
     l->addWidget(new QToolBar(m_d->m_widget));
-#if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-    connect(m_d->m_webview, SIGNAL(linkClicked(QUrl)), this, SLOT(linkClicked(QUrl)));
-
-    WelcomePageData welcomePageData;
-    updateWelcomePage(welcomePageData);
-
-    l->addWidget(m_d->m_webview);
-    m_d->m_webview->setAcceptDrops(false);
-    m_d->m_webview->settings()->setAttribute(QWebSettings::PluginsEnabled, false);
-    m_d->m_webview->settings()->setAttribute(QWebSettings::JavaEnabled, false);
-
-#else
-    m_d->m_label->setWordWrap(true);
-    m_d->m_label->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
-    m_d->m_label->setText(tr(LABEL));
-    l->addWidget(m_d->m_label);
-#endif
+
+    m_d->m_welcomePage = new QWidget(m_d->m_widget);
+    m_d->ui.setupUi(m_d->m_welcomePage);
+    m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->viewport()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
+    m_d->ui.projTreeWidget->viewport()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
+    l->addWidget(m_d->m_welcomePage);
+
+    updateWelcomePage(WelcomePageData());
+
+    connect(m_d->ui.gettingStartedButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(requestHelp()));
+    connect(m_d->ui.feedbackButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(slotFeedback()));
+    connect(m_d->ui.restoreSessionButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(slotRestoreLastSession()));
+    connect(m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotSessionClicked(QString)));
+    connect(m_d->ui.projTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotProjectClicked(QString)));
 }
 
 WelcomeMode::~WelcomeMode()
@@ -202,78 +152,138 @@ QList<int> WelcomeMode::context() const
 
 void WelcomeMode::updateWelcomePage(const WelcomePageData &welcomePageData)
 {
-// should really only modify the DOM tree
-
-#if defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
-    Q_UNUSED(welcomePageData);
-#else
-
     // Update only if data are modified
     if (welcomePageData == m_d->lastData)
         return;
     m_d->lastData = welcomePageData;
 
-    QString html = m_d->m_htmlTemplate;
-
+    m_d->m_widget->setUpdatesEnabled(false);
     if (!welcomePageData.previousSession.isEmpty() || !welcomePageData.projectList.isEmpty()) {
-        QString sessionHtml = m_d->m_sessionHtmlTemplate;
-        sessionHtml.replace(QLatin1String("LAST_SESSION"), welcomePageData.previousSession);
+        m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->clear();
+        m_d->ui.projTreeWidget->clear();
 
         if (welcomePageData.sessionList.count() > 1) {
-            QString sessions;
-            foreach (QString s, welcomePageData.sessionList) {
-                QString last;
+            foreach (const QString &s, welcomePageData.sessionList) {
+                QString str = s;
                 if (s == welcomePageData.previousSession)
-                    last = tr(" (last session)");
-                sessions += QString::fromLatin1("<li><p><a href=\"gh-session:%1\">%2%3</a></p></li>").arg(s, s, last);
+                    str = tr("%1 (last session)").arg(s);
+                m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->addItem(str, s);
             }
-            sessionHtml.replace(QLatin1String("<!-- RECENT SESSIONS LIST -->"), sessions);
+            m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->updateGeometry();
+            m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->show();
+        } else {
+            m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget->hide();
         }
-        html.replace(QLatin1String("<!-- RECENT SESSIONS -->"), sessionHtml);
-
-        QString projectHtml = m_d->m_projectHtmlTemplate;
-        {
-            QString projects;
-            QTextStream str(&projects);
-
-            QList<QPair<QString, QString> >::const_iterator it, end;
-            end = welcomePageData.projectList.constEnd();
-            for( it = welcomePageData.projectList.constBegin(); it != end; ++it) {
-                const QFileInfo fi((*it).first);
-                str << "<li><p><a href=\"gh-project:" << (*it).first << "\" title=\""
-                    << QDir::toNativeSeparators(fi.absolutePath()) << "\">" << (*it).second << "</a></p></li>\n";
-            }
-            projectHtml.replace(QLatin1String("<!-- RECENT PROJECTS LIST -->"), projects);
+
+        typedef QPair<QString, QString> QStringPair;
+        foreach (const QStringPair &it, welcomePageData.projectList) {
+            QTreeWidgetItem *item = m_d->ui.projTreeWidget->addItem(it.second, it.first);
+            const QFileInfo fi(it.first);
+            item->setToolTip(1, QDir::toNativeSeparators(fi.absolutePath()));
         }
-        html.replace(QLatin1String("<!-- RECENT PROJECTS -->"), projectHtml);
-    }
+        m_d->ui.projTreeWidget->updateGeometry();
 
-    m_d->m_webview->page()->setLinkDelegationPolicy(QWebPage::DelegateAllLinks);
-    m_d->m_webview->setHtml(html, m_d->m_baseUrl);
-#endif
+        m_d->ui.recentSessionsFrame->show();
+        m_d->ui.recentProjectsFrame->show();
+    } else {
+        m_d->ui.recentSessionsFrame->hide();
+        m_d->ui.recentProjectsFrame->hide();
+    }
+    m_d->m_widget->setUpdatesEnabled(true);
 }
 
-void WelcomeMode::linkClicked(const QUrl &url)
+void WelcomeMode::activateEditMode()
 {
-    QString scheme = url.scheme();
     Core::ModeManager *modeManager = ModeManager::instance();
-    if (scheme.startsWith(QLatin1String("gh"))) {
-        QString s = url.toString(QUrl::RemoveScheme);
-        if (scheme == QLatin1String("gh")) {
-            emit requestHelp(s);
-        } else if (scheme == QLatin1String("gh-project")) {
-            emit requestProject(s);
-            if (modeManager->currentMode() == this)
-                modeManager->activateMode(Core::Constants::MODE_EDIT);
-        } else if (scheme == QLatin1String("gh-session")) {
-            emit requestSession(s);
-            if (modeManager->currentMode() == this)
-                modeManager->activateMode(Core::Constants::MODE_EDIT);
-        }
-    } else {
-        QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
+    if (modeManager->currentMode() == this)
+        modeManager->activateMode(Core::Constants::MODE_EDIT);
+}
+
+void WelcomeMode::slotSessionClicked(const QString &data)
+{
+    emit requestSession(data);
+    activateEditMode();
+}
+
+void WelcomeMode::slotProjectClicked(const QString &data)
+{
+    emit requestProject(data);
+    activateEditMode();
+}
+
+void WelcomeMode::slotRestoreLastSession()
+{
+    emit requestSession(m_d->lastData.previousSession);
+    activateEditMode();
+}
+
+void WelcomeMode::slotFeedback()
+{
+    QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(QLatin1String(
+            "http://www.qtsoftware.com/forms/feedback-forms/qt-creator-user-feedback/view")));
+}
+
+// ---  WelcomeModeButton
+
+WelcomeModeButton::WelcomeModeButton(QWidget *parent) :
+        QLabel(parent),
+        m_isPressed(false)
+{
+    setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
+}
+
+void WelcomeModeButton::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton)
+        m_isPressed = true;
+}
+
+void WelcomeModeButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton && m_isPressed) {
+        m_isPressed = false;
+        if (rect().contains(event->pos()))
+            emit clicked();
     }
 }
 
+// ---  WelcomeModeTreeWidget
+
+WelcomeModeTreeWidget::WelcomeModeTreeWidget(QWidget *parent) :
+        QTreeWidget(parent),
+        m_bullet(QLatin1String(":/core/images/welcomemode/list_bullet_arrow.png"))
+{
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(itemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *, int)),
+            SLOT(slotItemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *)));
+}
+
+QSize WelcomeModeTreeWidget::sizeHint() const
+{
+    return QSize(QTreeWidget::sizeHint().width(), 30 * topLevelItemCount());
+}
+
+QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data)
+{
+    QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem(this);
+    item->setIcon(0, m_bullet);
+    item->setSizeHint(0, QSize(24, 30));
+    QWidget *lbl = new QLabel(label);
+    lbl->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
+    lbl->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
+    QBoxLayout *lay = new QVBoxLayout;
+    lay->setContentsMargins(3, 2, 0, 0);
+    lay->addWidget(lbl);
+    QWidget *wdg = new QWidget;
+    wdg->setLayout(lay);
+    setItemWidget(item, 1, wdg);
+    item->setData(0, Qt::UserRole, data);
+    return item;
+}
+
+void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotItemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
+{
+    emit activated(item->data(0, Qt::UserRole).toString());
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Core
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
index 5b4228b8b8bb03fdbad53cc6c904f514fcc2f691..52e009acca56fed9a7109c956ed11d53d7906c9d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
@@ -78,12 +78,17 @@ public:
 signals:
     void requestProject(const QString &project);
     void requestSession(const QString &session);
-    void requestHelp(const QString &help);
+    void requestHelp();
 
 private slots:
-    void linkClicked(const QUrl &url);
+    void slotFeedback();
+    void slotRestoreLastSession();
+    void slotSessionClicked(const QString &data);
+    void slotProjectClicked(const QString &data);
 
 private:
+    void activateEditMode();
+
     WelcomeModePrivate *m_d;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41686e7fb8518ca4f3b46e7a3de07484611b2d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,821 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>welcomePage</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="welcomePage">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>777</width>
+    <height>922</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="topLayout">
+   <property name="spacing">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="margin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QWidget" name="gradientWidget" native="true">
+     <property name="styleSheet">
+      <string notr="true">#gradientWidget {
+background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0 rgba(247, 247, 247, 255), stop:1 rgba(215, 215, 215, 255));
+}
+
+*, * *, * * *, * * * *, * * * * * {
+font-family: Arial, Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;
+font-size: 9pt;
+color: #5e5e5e;
+}
+
+#recentSessionsFrame, #recentProjectsFrame {
+border-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png) 8 8 8 8 stretch stretch;
+border-width: 8 8 8 8;
+}
+</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gradientLayout">
+      <property name="margin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="spacing">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="contentsLayout">
+        <property name="spacing">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <item>
+         <spacer name="topSpacer">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeType">
+           <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>20</width>
+            <height>50</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="welcomeLayout">
+          <property name="spacing">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="pixmap">
+             <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/product_logo.png</pixmap>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <spacer name="logoSpacer">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeType">
+             <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>20</width>
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+}
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+}
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+&lt;!-- QTextDocument does not support line-height, so wrap the lines manually ... --&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Qt Creator is an intuitive, modern cross platform IDE that&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;enables developers to create graphically appealing applications&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;for desktop, embedded, and mobile devices. Click on &lt;strong&gt;Getting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Started&lt;/strong&gt; to begin developing with Qt Creator.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;hr style=&quot;margin-top:15px&quot;/&gt;
+</string>
+            </property>
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+        <item>
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+          <item>
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+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
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+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>1</width>
+              <height>1</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="gettingStartedButton">
+            <property name="minimumSize">
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+              <height>29</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string>* {
+    background-image: url(&quot;:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_getting_started.png&quot;);
+}
+
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+}
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+          </property>
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+            <height>50</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item>
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+          <item>
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+            <item>
+             <widget class="QFrame" name="recentSessionsFrame">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
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+                <height>130</height>
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+              </property>
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>270</width>
+                <height>16777215</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="styleSheet">
+               <string>#recentSessionsFrame {
+border-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/rc_combined.png) 8 8 8 8 stretch stretch;
+border-width: 8 8 8 8;
+}
+</string>
+              </property>
+              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="recentSessionsFrameLayout">
+               <property name="leftMargin">
+                <number>4</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="topMargin">
+                <number>4</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="rightMargin">
+                <number>12</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="bottomMargin">
+                <number>2</number>
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+               <property name="horizontalSpacing">
+                <number>11</number>
+               </property>
+               <item row="0" column="0">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="iconLabel">
+                 <property name="pixmap">
+                  <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/mode_project.png</pixmap>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="alignment">
+                  <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="0" column="1" colspan="2">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="titleLabel">
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string notr="true">&lt;style&gt;
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+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: #7c92a1;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+&lt;/style&gt;
+
+&lt;h2&gt;Recent Sessions&lt;/h2&gt;
+&lt;hr/&gt;
+</string>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="alignment">
+                  <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
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+               <item row="2" column="1">
+                <spacer name="restoreButtonSpacer">
+                 <property name="orientation">
+                  <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>1</width>
+                   <height>1</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                </spacer>
+               </item>
+               <item row="2" column="2">
+                <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="restoreSessionButton">
+                 <property name="sizePolicy">
+                  <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                   <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                   <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                  </sizepolicy>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="minimumSize">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>137</width>
+                   <height>27</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="styleSheet">
+                  <string>* {
+    background-image: url(&quot;:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session.png&quot;);
+}
+
+*:hover {
+    background-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_restore_session_hover.png)
+}
+</string>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="1" column="1" colspan="2">
+                <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="sessTreeWidget">
+                 <property name="sizePolicy">
+                  <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                   <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                   <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                  </sizepolicy>
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+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="frameShape">
+                  <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="selectionMode">
+                  <enum>QAbstractItemView::NoSelection</enum>
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+                 <property name="verticalScrollMode">
+                  <enum>QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel</enum>
+                 </property>
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+                  <bool>false</bool>
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+                  <bool>true</bool>
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+                 <property name="allColumnsShowFocus">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
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+                 <property name="columnCount">
+                  <number>2</number>
+                 </property>
+                 <attribute name="headerVisible">
+                  <bool>false</bool>
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+                 <attribute name="headerDefaultSectionSize">
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+                  </property>
+                 </column>
+                 <column>
+                  <property name="text">
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+                  </property>
+                 </column>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="2" column="0">
+                <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
+                 <property name="orientation">
+                  <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
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+                   <width>5</width>
+                   <height>1</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                </spacer>
+               </item>
+              </layout>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="sessionsSpacer">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>100</width>
+                <height>0</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <spacer name="recentListsSpacer">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeType">
+             <enum>QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>20</width>
+              <height>10</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="recentProjectsLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QFrame" name="recentProjectsFrame">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>270</width>
+                <height>16777215</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="recentProjectsFrameLayout">
+               <property name="leftMargin">
+                <number>4</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="topMargin">
+                <number>4</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="rightMargin">
+                <number>12</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="bottomMargin">
+                <number>2</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="horizontalSpacing">
+                <number>11</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="verticalSpacing">
+                <number>-1</number>
+               </property>
+               <item row="0" column="0">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="projIconLabel">
+                 <property name="pixmap">
+                  <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/mode_project.png</pixmap>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="alignment">
+                  <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="0" column="1">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="projTitleLabel">
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string notr="true">&lt;style&gt;
+h2 {
+    font-size: 18px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: #7c92a1;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+&lt;/style&gt;
+
+&lt;h2&gt;Recent Projects&lt;/h2&gt;
+&lt;hr/&gt;
+</string>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="alignment">
+                  <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="1" column="1">
+                <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="projTreeWidget">
+                 <property name="sizePolicy">
+                  <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                   <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                   <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                  </sizepolicy>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="frameShape">
+                  <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="selectionMode">
+                  <enum>QAbstractItemView::NoSelection</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="verticalScrollMode">
+                  <enum>QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="rootIsDecorated">
+                  <bool>false</bool>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="uniformRowHeights">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="allColumnsShowFocus">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="columnCount">
+                  <number>2</number>
+                 </property>
+                 <attribute name="headerVisible">
+                  <bool>false</bool>
+                 </attribute>
+                 <attribute name="headerDefaultSectionSize">
+                  <number>24</number>
+                 </attribute>
+                 <attribute name="headerMinimumSectionSize">
+                  <number>0</number>
+                 </attribute>
+                 <column>
+                  <property name="text">
+                   <string notr="true">1</string>
+                  </property>
+                 </column>
+                 <column>
+                  <property name="text">
+                   <string notr="true">2</string>
+                  </property>
+                 </column>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+              </layout>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="projectsSpacer">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>100</width>
+                <height>0</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <spacer name="leftSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>1</width>
+          <height>10</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="2">
+       <spacer name="rightSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>1</width>
+          <height>10</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item row="2" column="0" colspan="3">
+       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="logosLayout">
+        <property name="sizeConstraint">
+         <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>15</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>15</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
+         <number>12</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="spacing">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="2">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="qtLogoLabel">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
+          <property name="pixmap">
+           <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/qt_logo.png</pixmap>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="0" column="1" rowspan="2">
+         <spacer name="logosSpacer">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>100</width>
+            <height>1</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item row="1" column="3">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="nokiaLogoLabel">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
+          <property name="pixmap">
+           <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/nokia_logo.png</pixmap>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="0" column="3">
+         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeType">
+           <enum>QSizePolicy::Ignored</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>1</width>
+            <height>1</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="1">
+       <spacer name="bottomSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeType">
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>100</width>
+          <height>12</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QWidget" name="bottomWidget" native="true">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>31</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="autoFillBackground">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="styleSheet">
+      <string>#bottomWidget {
+background-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/feedback-bar-background.png);
+}
+</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="bottomLayout">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>10</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="horizontalSpacing">
+       <number>6</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="verticalSpacing">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="3">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="feedbackLabel">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string/>
+        </property>
+        <property name="pixmap">
+         <pixmap resource="core.qrc">:/core/images/welcomemode/feedback-text.png</pixmap>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="1">
+       <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="feedbackButton">
+        <property name="sizePolicy">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+         </sizepolicy>
+        </property>
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>102</width>
+          <height>26</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string>* {
+    background-image: url(&quot;:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback.png&quot;);
+}
+
+*:hover {
+    background-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_feedback_hover.png)
+}
+</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="2">
+       <spacer name="feedbackSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>1</width>
+          <height>1</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <spacer name="bottomTopSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeType">
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>1</width>
+          <height>1</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+      <item row="2" column="1">
+       <spacer name="bottomBottomSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeType">
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>1</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>welcomemode_p.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget</class>
+   <extends>QTreeWidget</extends>
+   <header>welcomemode_p.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="core.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad8bcecab71cbbd519bb9ccc40915604171317ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact:  Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at qt-sales@nokia.com.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef WELCOMEMODE_P_H
+#define WELCOMEMODE_P_H
+
+#include <QtGui/QIcon>
+#include <QtGui/QLabel>
+#include <QtGui/QTreeWidget>
+
+namespace Core {
+namespace Internal {
+
+class WelcomeModeButton : public QLabel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    WelcomeModeButton(QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+signals:
+    void clicked();
+
+protected:
+    virtual void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
+    virtual void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
+
+private:
+    bool m_isPressed;
+};
+
+class WelcomeModeTreeWidget : public QTreeWidget
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    WelcomeModeTreeWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
+    QTreeWidgetItem *addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data);
+
+signals:
+    void activated(const QString &data);
+
+protected:
+    virtual QSize sizeHint() const;
+
+private slots:
+    void slotItemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item);
+
+private:
+    QIcon m_bullet;
+};
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif // WELCOMEMODE_P_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
index 093eacdf4423b5d5d85ce6bd26e33f20ae112dc8..9250e2ebd0a6b850a0a39ee6258792972f58ee47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 #include <QtGui/QComboBox>
 #include <QtHelp/QHelpEngine>
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_WEBKIT
+#include <QtGui/QApplication>
+#include <QtWebKit/QWebSettings>
+#endif
+
 using namespace Help;
 using namespace Help::Internal;
 
@@ -139,6 +144,13 @@ bool HelpPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *error)
         qApp->installTranslator(qtr);
     }
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_WEBKIT
+    QWebSettings *webSettings = QWebSettings::globalSettings();
+    const QFont applicationFont = QApplication::font();
+    webSettings->setFontFamily(QWebSettings::StandardFont, applicationFont.family());
+    //webSettings->setFontSize(QWebSettings::DefaultFontSize, applicationFont.pointSize());
+#endif
+
     // FIXME shouldn't the help engine create the directory if it doesn't exist?
     QFileInfo fi(m_core->settings()->fileName());
     QDir directory(fi.absolutePath()+"/qtcreator");
@@ -510,7 +522,7 @@ void HelpPlugin::extensionsInitialized()
     m_bookmarkManager->setupBookmarkModels();
 
     if (Core::Internal::WelcomeMode *welcomeMode = qobject_cast<Core::Internal::WelcomeMode*>(m_core->modeManager()->mode(Core::Constants::MODE_WELCOME))) {
-        connect(welcomeMode, SIGNAL(requestHelp(QString)), this, SLOT(openGettingStarted()));
+        connect(welcomeMode, SIGNAL(requestHelp()), this, SLOT(openGettingStarted()));
     }
 }