For even us non-graphics professionals, the tutorials were exactly where we first looked, under Help. So I would not say they are hidden. One thing missing though is an index or table of contents for which tutorial to go to. ie Where do I find out how to draw a polygon? I really don't think some startup dialog is needed - it is pretty standard for users to look under Help. However, you might also want to add a link to the wiki page under Help. The wiki page is awesome - so much great information there. The best of any open source project I have seen. John
On Saturday 23 April 2005 15:26, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 09:16:03PM +0000, Jonathan Leighton wrote:
John Cliff wrote:
In Help the whole time. Imagine that. I'm so accustomed to useless Help sections that I never looked there. Thank you.
Kinda tragic how often we hear that...
I've always felt that the tutorials are a little bit tucked away in the Help menu. As Edward said, most Help menus are a pile of rubbish. Can something be done to draw more attention to it? Maybe a dialog that says about it on the first start up... (Although people would probably have objections to that due to usability.)
I've thought about this myself quite a bit, and also would like to see it have higher visibility.
I've thought about ideas like having a default svg pop up on first use, that points out the tutorials and such.
However, even if the user doesn't notice the tutorials, Inkscape is still pretty straightforward to learn. We've got mentions of the tutorials in a variety of places, so I'm sure most dedicated users will eventually run across them. Also, even though in other apps Help is not helpful, I think us putting genuinely useful things in there will spur others to make sure good stuff is in their Help menus.
Bryce
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