René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Disable beta welcome message","articleBody":"### Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?\n\nAccessibility, Other (specify if possible)\n\n### Processing version\n\n4.4.76\n\n### Operating system\n\nWindows\n\n### Bug description\n\nThere's currently no obvious way to disable the Welcome to Beta message every time you open the application.\n\nAdding these flags in the preferences.txt file has no effect:\n`beta.disable_welcome=true`\n`beta.welcome.dismissed=true`\n`beta.welcome.shown=true`\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1364\" height=\"1174\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8649de4f-90a6-43c1-8e09-496417013526\" /\u003e\n\n### Steps to reproduce this\n\n\"1. Install the 4.4.76 Beta\n\n2. Open the program\n\n3. Click the OK button everytime\"\n\n\n### snippet\n\n\n\n\n### Additional context\n\n_No response_\n\n### Would you like to work on the issue?\n\nNo, I’m just reporting the issue","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Wandtket","@type":"Person","name":"Wandtket"},"datePublished":"2025-08-07T22:20:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/1198/processing4/issues/1198"}