I think that this can still be applied right now with out the data. We could provide some really basic tips like shortcuts etc. It is a very good idea. We need to make sure that the user though with these popups can have them not be displayed at startup if the so desire.
Can you file a enhancement request in the tracker please. On Friday 17 January 2014 15:20:21 Tobiasz Karoń wrote: > As I mentioned in "Collecting anonymous statistical data" thread, seeing > what features of the program are not used by the users could help us > display a proper Tip of The Day to make sure the user will learn something > new, not read how to save files, if he does it 20 times a week. > > We'd need a list of features that would both be accesed by the statistic > gathering system as well as the tips. > > If every feature has a unique ID umber, we could then add a > reportUse(featureID) function that would add a log about what was launched > when. > We could have a simple text (CSV) file with: > featureID; featureName; featureTipTitle; featureTipContent;<newline> > > Example file contents: > > *000001;* "File > Open..."; "Loading project using main program menu"; "You > can load an existing project using the main menu. Select "File" and then > "Open..." in the new submenut that appears. Then use the file browser to > pick the project file you want to load. Press <enter> or click <Open> > button. Wait until the project loading is complete and you're ready to > continue previous work!";<newline> > *000002;* "Main Toolbar > Open"; "Loading project using main toolbar > button"; "You can load an existing project using the main toolbar. Use the > Open File button. Then with the file browser - pick the project file you > want to load. Press <enter> or click <Open> button. Wait until the project > loading is complete and you're ready to continue previous work!";<newline> > > <...> > > *000213*; "Drag+Ctrl in Sequencer"; "Dragging Sequencer clips overriding > the bar grid"; "You can move (or resize) a clip in the Sequencer by > fraction of a bar. First click on a clip with Left Mouse Button and hold > it, then start dragging the clip and finally - press and hold Ctrl key. The > same can be done for changing the clip's length - just click on the right > edge of a clip instead of it's body."; > > > The Tip of The Day function should sort the features by usage. Then make a > list of top X less used features in the last time frame (say: 90 days) and > randomly pick one from there. It should log that a tip was displayed at a > given date to not repeat itself until all other possibilities are already > exploited - showing a tip and getting user's "I got this" click in it's > window should be counted as a use of the feature to make it go lower in > sorting. > > Also users should be able to click "Useful (+1)" or "Useless (-1)" for each > tip - and developers will then see the feedback for tips. The tips which > have "top useless" score should be revisited and changed. > > I can offer my help in writing the tips and start the feature list, however > I'll need some help with this and we should design this with the Reporting > Anonymous Statistical Data system in mind. > > Also designing the feedback system and how developers see it's input form > users is out of my scope now - if anyone has ideas how it can be done, > please rise you hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
