I've split the installation guide into 2 pages and added a Quick Start
section. I really think this responds to all the suggestions that have
been made. A new user following these instructions will have a full
system quickly - core, addons, and Qt IDE if they want it. A veteran
user will have all the information they always did.
Henry
On 8/3/2015 7:33 PM, bill lam wrote:
children (and even most adults) do not like to read and follow long
instructions just for install a new software. Providing a short quick start
page which contains:
direct link for AIO installer
ask them to click, download, run the file
ask them to run Qt IDE and type
install 'all'
to update base library as well as install all addons.
We need to build an AIO installer for mac.
04 авг. 2015 г. 1:55 пользователь "chris burke" <[email protected]>
написал:
I agree about Henry's clarity and like his explanations of the steps that
are needed.
Nevertheless, the base system and the IDE are distinct things, and IMHO
trying to shove everything on a single page is confusing and makes things
harder.
Our primary user base are software developers, and this group should have
no difficulty understanding the concept of a base system plus addons. This
is how almost all software gets distributed nowadays.
The schoolchildren and other novices are a different matter. For them, a
quick start page with no options would seem to be best. One such page for a
full install should suffice. Minimal installs are primarily intended for
developers distributing applications, so would not apply to this group.
On 3 August 2015 at 10:42, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
Chris,
I think Henry's approach is very good. It has always seemed awkward to me
for there to be a separate page for the qt ide, and then another for the
addons especially because they often did not refer to one another or if
they did, the references/links were hard to see.
Perhaps a compromise would be a "Quick Start" page as you suggest, but
Henry's clarity would be missed without a page such as his. It sounds
like
there are 2 different "Quick Start" pages needed: one for a full
installation and one for a minimal installation. I think Henry's page
accomplishes both, somewhat.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:57 PM, chris burke <[email protected]>
wrote:
I want to revert to separate pages for the base and for the Qt
installation. It is too much to have all this on one page.
As Bill points out, it is the case that Qt is optional. That your users
need it should not complicate the installation for others.
By all means steer the novice as you think appropriate, but this should
not
affect the base installation page. A simple statement on that page can
direct them to the Qt IDE page.
I am surprised that all this is apparently caused by your students
having
difficulties with the Mac. This makes it more appropriate that we have
a
"Quick Start" page that gives the few instructions needed to install
J+Qt+Addons for those who just want everything in the default location.
This page can have sections for each platform.
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