Can't this be solved by adding a "[ ] Don't show these tips at startup"
option in the Tip dialog window?
2014/1/17 Tres Finocchiaro <[email protected]>
> 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*
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