Can you mention this in the issue filed in the tracker. With your suggestion on how to improve that and if need be migrate away from it.
On Friday 17 January 2014 09:53:20 Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > There is a help area in the bottom left of Ableton which is absolutely > crucial to it's success as a DAW. Tips of the day are intrusive and remind > me of poorly developed applications from the 90s. > > I vote a strong no to this and would prefer a hover-over help description > area, with shortcut explanations, like Ableton. Tips of the day on > Facebook are fantastic, but please please don't make me close more dialogs > to get work done. > > It's reminiscent of Clippy (Microsoft Office) and I strongly discourage > against it. > > -Tres > > - [email protected] > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Tobiasz Karoń <[email protected]> wrote: > > Done. > > > > > > 2014/1/17 Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]> > > > >> 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. > > > > -- > > Tobiasz *unfa* > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > Version: 3.1 > > GIT/MU/P d->-- s+:-(--)> a? C++(+++)>$ ULC+(++)>$ !P? L+++>++++$ E? W++>$ > > !N-? !o--? K-? !w-- O? !M-- V? 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