diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.cpp
index f9005b9887d..7eaadff46eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,85 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
+#include <QtCore/QSysInfo>
+#include <QtCore/QLocale>
 #include <QtGui/QDesktopServices>
 #include <QtGui/QLineEdit>
 #include <QtNetwork/QHttp>
 
+#include <coreplugin/coreconstants.h>
+
 #include "rssfetcher.h"
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#endif
+
 using namespace Core::Internal;
 
+static const QString getOsString()
+{
+    QString osString;
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    switch (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion) {
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_4_0):
+        osString += QLatin1String("WinNT4.0");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_5_0):
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT 5.0");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_5_1):
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT 5.1");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_5_2):
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT 5.2");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_6_0):
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT 6.0");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::WV_6_1):
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT 6.1");
+        break;
+    default:
+        osString += QLatin1String("Windows NT (Unknown)");
+        break;
+    }
+#elif defined (Q_OS_MAC)
+    if (QSysInfo::ByteOrder == QSysInfo::BigEndian)
+        osString += QLatin1String("PPC ");
+    else
+        osString += QLatin1String("Intel ");
+    osString += QLatin1String("Mac OS X ");
+    switch (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion) {
+    case (QSysInfo::MV_10_3):
+        osString += QLatin1String("10_3");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::MV_10_4):
+        osString += QLatin1String("10_4");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::MV_10_5):
+        osString += QLatin1String("10_5");
+        break;
+    case (QSysInfo::MV_10_6):
+        osString += QLatin1String("10_6");
+        break;
+    default:
+        osString += QLatin1String("(Unknown)");
+        break;
+    }
+#elif defined (Q_OS_UNIX)
+    struct utsname uts;
+    if (uname(&uts) == 0)
+        osString += QString("%1 %2").arg(QLatin1String(uts.sysname))
+                        .arg(QLatin1String(uts.release));
+    else
+        osString += QLatin1String("Unix (Unknown)");
+#else
+    ossttring = QLatin1String("Unknown OS");
+#endif
+    return osString;
+}
+
 RSSFetcher::RSSFetcher(int maxItems, QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent), m_items(0), m_maxItems(maxItems)
 {
@@ -49,7 +120,15 @@ RSSFetcher::RSSFetcher(int maxItems, QObject *parent)
 void RSSFetcher::fetch(const QUrl &url)
 {
     m_http.setHost(url.host());
-    m_connectionId = m_http.get(url.path());
+    QString agentStr = QString("Qt-Creator/%1 (QHttp %2; %3; %4; %5 bit)")
+                    .arg(Core::Constants::IDE_VERSION_LONG).arg(qVersion())
+                    .arg(getOsString()).arg(QLocale::system().name())
+                    .arg(QSysInfo::WordSize);
+    QHttpRequestHeader header("GET", url.path());
+    qDebug() << agentStr;
+    header.setValue("User-Agent", agentStr);
+    header.setValue("Host", url.host());
+    m_connectionId = m_http.request(header);
 }
 
 void RSSFetcher::readData(const QHttpResponseHeader &resp)
@@ -76,6 +155,7 @@ void RSSFetcher::parseXml()
         if (m_xml.isStartElement()) {
             if (m_xml.name() == "item") {
                 m_titleString.clear();
+                m_descriptionString.clear();
                 m_linkString.clear();
             }
             m_currentTag = m_xml.name().toString();
@@ -84,12 +164,14 @@ void RSSFetcher::parseXml()
                 m_items++;
                 if (m_items > m_maxItems)
                     return;
-                emit newsItemReady(m_titleString, m_linkString);
+                emit newsItemReady(m_titleString, m_descriptionString, m_linkString);
             }
 
         } else if (m_xml.isCharacters() && !m_xml.isWhitespace()) {
             if (m_currentTag == "title")
                 m_titleString += m_xml.text().toString();
+            else if (m_currentTag == "description")
+                m_descriptionString += m_xml.text().toString();
             else if (m_currentTag == "link")
                 m_linkString += m_xml.text().toString();
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.h
index 7479e0e363c..51b368f436c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/rssfetcher.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public:
     RSSFetcher(int maxItems, QObject *parent = 0);
 
 signals:
-    void newsItemReady(const QString& title, const QString& url);
+    void newsItemReady(const QString& title, const QString& desciption, const QString& url);
 
 public slots:
     void fetch(const QUrl &url);
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ private:
     QXmlStreamReader m_xml;
     QString m_currentTag;
     QString m_linkString;
+    QString m_descriptionString;
     QString m_titleString;
 
     QHttp m_http;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
index 558cedbff36..b4843bf8396 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.cpp
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
 
 #include "welcomemode.h"
 #include "icore.h"
+#include "iwizard.h"
 #include "coreconstants.h"
 #include "uniqueidmanager.h"
 #include "modemanager.h"
+#include "newdialog.h"
 #include "rssfetcher.h"
 
 #include <QtGui/QToolBar>
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ WelcomeMode::WelcomeMode() :
     l->setMargin(0);
     l->setSpacing(0);
     l->addWidget(new QToolBar(m_d->m_widget));
-    m_d->rssFetcher = new RSSFetcher(8, this);
+    m_d->rssFetcher = new RSSFetcher(7, this);
     m_d->m_welcomePage = new QWidget(m_d->m_widget);
     m_d->ui.setupUi(m_d->m_welcomePage);
     m_d->ui.projTitleLabel->setText(titleLabel(tr("Projects")));
@@ -146,26 +148,27 @@ WelcomeMode::WelcomeMode() :
     connect(m_d->btnGrp, SIGNAL(buttonClicked(int)), m_d->ui.stackedWidget, SLOT(setCurrentIndex(int)));
 
     connect(m_d->ui.feedbackButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(slotFeedback()));
-    connect(m_d->ui.restoreSessionButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(slotRestoreLastSession()));
+    connect(m_d->ui.manageSessionsButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(manageSessions()));
+    connect(m_d->ui.createNewProjectButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(slotCreateNewProject()));
     connect(m_d->ui.sessTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotSessionClicked(QString)));
     connect(m_d->ui.projTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotProjectClicked(QString)));
     connect(m_d->ui.newsTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotUrlClicked(QString)));
     connect(m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(slotUrlClicked(QString)));
     connect(m_d->ui.tutorialTreeWidget, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SIGNAL(openHelpPage(const QString&)));
 
-    connect(m_d->rssFetcher, SIGNAL(newsItemReady(QString, QString)),
-        m_d->ui.newsTreeWidget, SLOT(slotAddItem(QString, QString)));
+    connect(m_d->rssFetcher, SIGNAL(newsItemReady(QString, QString, QString)),
+        m_d->ui.newsTreeWidget, SLOT(slotAddNewsItem(QString, QString, QString)));
 
     //: Add localized feed here only if one exists
     m_d->rssFetcher->fetch(QUrl(tr("http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/feed")));
 
-    m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Software"), QLatin1String("http://www.qtsoftware.com"));
-    m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Labs"), QLatin1String("http://labs.qtsoftware.com"));
+    m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Software"), QLatin1String("http://www.trolltech.com"));
+    m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Labs"), QLatin1String("http://labs.trolltech.com"));
     m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Git Hosting"), QLatin1String("http://qt.gitorious.org"));
     m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Centre"), QLatin1String("http://www.qtcentre.org"));
     m_d->ui.sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt for S60 at Forum Nokia"), QLatin1String("http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=196"));
 
-    m_d->ui.tutorialTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Creator - A quick tour"),
+    m_d->ui.tutorialTreeWidget->addItem(tr("<b>Qt Creator - A quick tour</b>"),
                                         QString("qthelp://com.nokia.qtcreator.%1%2/doc/index.html").arg(IDE_VERSION_MAJOR).arg(IDE_VERSION_MINOR));
     m_d->ui.tutorialTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Understanding widgets"),
                                         QLatin1String("qthelp://com.trolltech.qt/qdoc/widgets-tutorial.html"));
@@ -299,16 +302,17 @@ void WelcomeMode::slotUrlClicked(const QString &data)
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(data));
 }
 
-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")));
+            "http://www.trolltech.com/forms/feedback-forms/qt-creator-user-feedback/view")));
+}
+
+void WelcomeMode::slotCreateNewProject()
+{
+    Core::Internal::NewDialog dlg(widget());
+    dlg.setWizards(Core::IWizard::wizardsOfKind(Core::IWizard::ProjectWizard));
+    dlg.showDialog();
 }
 
 void WelcomeMode::slotNextTip()
@@ -409,7 +413,8 @@ QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QStr
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem(this);
     item->setIcon(0, m_bullet);
     item->setSizeHint(0, QSize(24, 30));
-    QWidget *lbl = new QLabel(label);
+    QLabel *lbl = new QLabel(label);
+    lbl->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::NoTextInteraction);
     lbl->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
     lbl->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
     QBoxLayout *lay = new QVBoxLayout;
@@ -422,9 +427,15 @@ QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QStr
     return item;
 }
 
-void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotAddItem(const QString &label, const QString &data)
+void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotAddNewsItem(const QString &title, const QString &description, const QString &link)
 {
-    addTopLevelItem(addItem(label,data));
+    int itemWidth = width()-header()->sectionSize(0);
+    QFont f = font();
+    QString elidedText = QFontMetrics(f).elidedText(description, Qt::ElideRight, itemWidth);
+    f.setBold(true);
+    QString elidedTitle = QFontMetrics(f).elidedText(title, Qt::ElideRight, itemWidth);
+    QString data = QString::fromLatin1("<b>%1</b><br />%2").arg(elidedTitle).arg(elidedText);
+    addTopLevelItem(addItem(data,link));
 }
 
 void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotItemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
index 49306df611b..453c3d66e9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.h
@@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ signals:
     void requestProject(const QString &project);
     void requestSession(const QString &session);
     void openHelpPage(const QString&);
+    void manageSessions();
 
 private slots:
     void slotFeedback();
-    void slotRestoreLastSession();
     void slotSessionClicked(const QString &data);
     void slotProjectClicked(const QString &data);
     void slotUrlClicked(const QString &data);
+    void slotCreateNewProject();
     void slotNextTip();
     void slotPrevTip();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui
index 8bdb10eb536..c48d35cf5a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>742</width>
-    <height>637</height>
+    <width>864</width>
+    <height>690</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="styleSheet">
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
          <item>
           <widget class="QStackedWidget" name="stackedWidget">
            <property name="currentIndex">
-            <number>2</number>
+            <number>0</number>
            </property>
            <widget class="QWidget" name="gettingStartedPage">
             <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_9">
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_6">
                 <item row="0" column="0">
                  <widget class="QLabel" name="tutorialsTitleLabel">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="alignment">
                    <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
                   </property>
@@ -240,7 +246,7 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                 <item row="1" column="0">
                  <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="tutorialTreeWidget">
                   <property name="sizePolicy">
-                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
                     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
                     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
                    </sizepolicy>
@@ -361,11 +367,11 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                <property name="styleSheet">
                 <string/>
                </property>
-               <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_10">
+               <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_11">
                 <item row="0" column="0">
                  <widget class="QLabel" name="didYouKnowTitleLabel">
                   <property name="sizePolicy">
-                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Maximum">
                     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
                     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
                    </sizepolicy>
@@ -375,8 +381,70 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                   </property>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
+                <item row="0" column="1">
+                 <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_10">
+                  <property name="spacing">
+                   <number>0</number>
+                  </property>
+                  <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
+                   <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
+                    <property name="orientation">
+                     <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+                    </property>
+                    <property name="sizeType">
+                     <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+                    </property>
+                    <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                     <size>
+                      <width>20</width>
+                      <height>2</height>
+                     </size>
+                    </property>
+                   </spacer>
+                  </item>
+                  <item row="1" column="0">
+                   <widget class="QToolButton" name="prevTipBtn">
+                    <property name="text">
+                     <string>&lt;</string>
+                    </property>
+                    <property name="arrowType">
+                     <enum>Qt::LeftArrow</enum>
+                    </property>
+                   </widget>
+                  </item>
+                  <item row="1" column="1">
+                   <widget class="QToolButton" name="nextTipBtn">
+                    <property name="text">
+                     <string>&gt;</string>
+                    </property>
+                    <property name="arrowType">
+                     <enum>Qt::RightArrow</enum>
+                    </property>
+                   </widget>
+                  </item>
+                  <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+                   <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
+                    <property name="orientation">
+                     <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+                    </property>
+                    <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                     <size>
+                      <width>20</width>
+                      <height>2</height>
+                     </size>
+                    </property>
+                   </spacer>
+                  </item>
+                 </layout>
+                </item>
+                <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
                  <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="didYouKnowTextBrowser">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="frameShape">
                    <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
                   </property>
@@ -394,30 +462,6 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                   </property>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="0" column="2">
-                 <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-                  <item>
-                   <widget class="QToolButton" name="prevTipBtn">
-                    <property name="text">
-                     <string>&lt;</string>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="arrowType">
-                     <enum>Qt::LeftArrow</enum>
-                    </property>
-                   </widget>
-                  </item>
-                  <item>
-                   <widget class="QToolButton" name="nextTipBtn">
-                    <property name="text">
-                     <string>&gt;</string>
-                    </property>
-                    <property name="arrowType">
-                     <enum>Qt::RightArrow</enum>
-                    </property>
-                   </widget>
-                  </item>
-                 </layout>
-                </item>
                </layout>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -449,17 +493,23 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                 <string/>
                </property>
                <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
-                <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
+                <item row="0" column="0" colspan="3">
                  <widget class="QLabel" name="recentSessionsTitleLabel">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Maximum">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="alignment">
                    <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
                   </property>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
+                <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
                  <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="sessTreeWidget">
                   <property name="sizePolicy">
-                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
                     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
                     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
                    </sizepolicy>
@@ -509,8 +559,8 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                   </column>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="2" column="0">
-                 <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="restoreSessionButton">
+                <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+                 <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="manageSessionsButton">
                   <property name="sizePolicy">
                    <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
                     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -534,17 +584,21 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
 </string>
                   </property>
                   <property name="text">
-                   <string>&lt;qt&gt;Restore Last Session &amp;gt;&amp;gt;</string>
+                   <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'lucida sans'; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;Manage Sessions...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                   </property>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="2" column="1">
+                <item row="2" column="2">
                  <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
                   <property name="orientation">
                    <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
                   </property>
                   <property name="sizeType">
-                   <enum>QSizePolicy::Preferred</enum>
+                   <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
                   </property>
                   <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
                    <size>
@@ -554,6 +608,22 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                   </property>
                  </spacer>
                 </item>
+                <item row="3" column="1">
+                 <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+                  <property name="orientation">
+                   <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="sizeType">
+                   <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                   <size>
+                    <width>20</width>
+                    <height>53</height>
+                   </size>
+                  </property>
+                 </spacer>
+                </item>
                </layout>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -563,17 +633,23 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                 <string/>
                </property>
                <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_5">
-                <item row="0" column="0">
+                <item row="0" column="0" colspan="3">
                  <widget class="QLabel" name="projTitleLabel">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Maximum">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="alignment">
                    <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
                   </property>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
-                <item row="1" column="0">
+                <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
                  <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="projTreeWidget">
                   <property name="sizePolicy">
-                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
                     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
                     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
                    </sizepolicy>
@@ -623,6 +699,68 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                   </column>
                  </widget>
                 </item>
+                <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+                 <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeButton" name="createNewProjectButton">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="styleSheet">
+                   <string>* {
+    border-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_26.png) 7;
+    border-width: 7;
+    padding: -2px 0;
+    font-size: 12px;
+    font-family: lucida sans, dejavu sans, sans serif;
+    color: black;
+}
+
+*:hover {
+    border-image: url(:/core/images/welcomemode/btn_26_hover.png) 7;
+    color: white;
+}
+</string>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="text">
+                   <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'lucida sans'; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;Create New Project...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+                  </property>
+                 </widget>
+                </item>
+                <item row="2" column="2">
+                 <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+                  <property name="orientation">
+                   <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                   <size>
+                    <width>157</width>
+                    <height>20</height>
+                   </size>
+                  </property>
+                 </spacer>
+                </item>
+                <item row="3" column="1">
+                 <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
+                  <property name="orientation">
+                   <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="sizeType">
+                   <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+                  </property>
+                  <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                   <size>
+                    <width>20</width>
+                    <height>40</height>
+                   </size>
+                  </property>
+                 </spacer>
+                </item>
                </layout>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -660,6 +798,12 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
                 </item>
                 <item>
                  <widget class="Core::Internal::WelcomeModeTreeWidget" name="newsTreeWidget">
+                  <property name="sizePolicy">
+                   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                   </sizepolicy>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="minimumSize">
                    <size>
                     <width>360</width>
@@ -802,7 +946,7 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
             <number>15</number>
            </property>
            <property name="bottomMargin">
-            <number>17</number>
+            <number>15</number>
            </property>
            <item>
             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_5">
@@ -873,7 +1017,7 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeType">
-         <enum>QSizePolicy::Maximum</enum>
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
@@ -889,7 +1033,7 @@ background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.5, y1:0, x2:0.5, y2:1, stop:0
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeType">
-         <enum>QSizePolicy::Maximum</enum>
+         <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h
index 929f9bd8212..86932298934 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/welcomemode_p.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
     QTreeWidgetItem *addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data);
 
 public slots:
-    void slotAddItem(const QString &label, const QString &data);
+    void slotAddNewsItem(const QString &title, const QString &description, const QString &link);
 
 signals:
     void activated(const QString &data);
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
index 6440d483422..e885b65058a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ void HelpPlugin::openHelpPage(const QString& url)
     else {
         QString page = url.mid(url.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
         qDebug() << url << page << url.lastIndexOf('/');
-        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QLatin1String("http://doc.qtsoftware.com/latest/")+page);
+        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QLatin1String("http://doc.trolltech.com/latest/")+page);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index dae289ae232..676a351a6f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #include <coreplugin/vcsmanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h>
 #include <coreplugin/vcsmanager.h>
+#include <coreplugin/welcomemode.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/parameteraction.h>
@@ -669,6 +670,10 @@ bool ProjectExplorerPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *er
         m_projectExplorerSettings.saveBeforeBuild = s->value("ProjectExplorer/Settings/SaveBeforeBuild", false).toBool();
     }
 
+    if (Core::Internal::WelcomeMode *welcomeMode = qobject_cast<Core::Internal::WelcomeMode*>
+        (Core::ICore::instance()->modeManager()->mode(Core::Constants::MODE_WELCOME))) {
+        connect(welcomeMode, SIGNAL(manageSessions()), this, SLOT(showSessionManager()));
+    }
     connect(m_sessionManagerAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(showSessionManager()));
     connect(m_newAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(newProject()));
 #if 0
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
index f36a028f9a2..1285bf171d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ SessionDialog::SessionDialog(SessionManager *sessionManager, const QString &last
     connect(m_ui.sessionList, SIGNAL(currentItemChanged(QListWidgetItem *, QListWidgetItem *)),
             this, SLOT(updateActions()));
 
+    m_ui.whatsASessionLabel->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
     QStringList sessions = sessionManager->sessions();
     foreach (const QString &session, sessions) {
         m_ui.sessionList->addItem(session);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.ui b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.ui
index 942116e35e8..ab2f4b08a0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.ui
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="whatsASessionLabel">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>&lt;a href=&quot;qthelp://com.nokia.qtcreator/doc/creator-quick-tour.html#session-management-in-qt-creator&quot;&gt;What is a Session?&lt;/a&gt;</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
      <property name="standardButtons">