Welcome band only for newcomers, with Don't show again

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart

@@ -641,6 +641,13 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
     );
   }
 
+  /// No Jellyfin account, no server joined or hosted yet, band not
+  /// dismissed: the welcome band explains the three ways in.
+  bool get _newcomer =>
+      !AppSettings.instance.welcomeDismissed.value &&
+      _jellyfin.isEmpty &&
+      SessionState.instance.recents.value.isEmpty;
+
   Widget _body(bool online, bool alone) {
     final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
     final tabBody = switch (_tab) {
@@ -651,12 +658,14 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
           solo: alone,
           // Offline, a put-up starts a solo session, which hosts.
           isHost: !online || coord.hostFile != null,
-          banner: online
+          // Only for newcomers: the strip has Join and Host for everyone else.
+          banner: online || !_newcomer
               ? null
               : WelcomeBand(
                   onJoin: () => _connect(ConnectMode.join),
                   onHost: () => _connect(ConnectMode.host),
                   onSolo: _watchSolo,
+                  onDismiss: () => setState(AppSettings.instance.dismissWelcome),
                 ),
           jellyfinStart: _libraryStart,
           onPutUp: _putUp,

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/welcome.dart

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class WelcomeBand extends StatelessWidget {
   final VoidCallback onJoin;
   final VoidCallback onHost;
   final VoidCallback onSolo;
-  const WelcomeBand({super.key, required this.onJoin, required this.onHost, required this.onSolo});
+  final VoidCallback? onDismiss;
+  const WelcomeBand({super.key, required this.onJoin, required this.onHost, required this.onSolo, this.onDismiss});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@ class WelcomeBand extends StatelessWidget {
             Text(appName, style: t.titleLarge?.copyWith(fontWeight: FontWeight.w700, height: 1.1)),
             const SizedBox(height: 2),
             Text(appTagline, style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant)),
+            if (onDismiss != null)
+              TextButton(
+                key: const ValueKey('welcome-dismiss'),
+                onPressed: onDismiss,
+                style: TextButton.styleFrom(
+                  padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
+                  minimumSize: const Size(0, 24),
+                  tapTargetSize: MaterialTapTargetSize.shrinkWrap,
+                  foregroundColor: scheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                  textStyle: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
+                ),
+                child: const Text("Don't show again"),
+              ),
           ],
         ),
       ],
@@ -76,7 +90,7 @@ class WelcomeBand extends StatelessWidget {
             ],
           ),
         );
-    return Container(
+    final band = Container(
       key: const ValueKey('welcome-band'),
       margin: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 16, 20, 0),
       padding: const EdgeInsets.all(14),
@@ -110,6 +124,7 @@ class WelcomeBand extends StatelessWidget {
         );
       }),
     );
+    return band;
   }
 }