On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:48:45PM +0200, Simon Schumann wrote: > I don't think KiCAD's usability is particularly bad. The problem is that by > simply > clicking around it is very hard to figure out how stuff works, especially
You don't learn CADs clicking around, sorry :P if only to learn the relationship in the library entities you need at least a little doc. > The project window that opens on startup is pretty empty. So ther > plenty of space to offer some guidance. I think making a few online > slideshows > to cover the basics and linking them each with a nice picture in the project > window > could do the trick. To give you an idea of what I mean, here are a few OK, these are tutorials. Tutorials are good :D Not sure if they have to be in the program, they risk to remember users of a certain paperclip :P:P And, by the way, there is a "Getting started" section in the help menu; that could be expanded and maybe some big buttons could be placed around in strategic places (like just after a "project new" operation) referring to this for the novice users. -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
