Robb Beal, Spring creator, here. Appreciate the feedback! We've added additional sample canvases at first startup to give you a better sense of how to use Spring. Also, be sure to check out the Screenshots and Rethinking the Desktop pages on the Spring site: http://www.usercreations.com/spring/screenshots.html http://www.usercreations.com/spring/rethink.html Finally, feel free to contact us by email or IM. Providing a simpler out of box, er, disk image, experience will be our chief goal as Spring moves forward. Thanks again!