Hi guys, I've been hacking on a little project to try to allow us to integrate tutorials directly into Mixxx's user interface. Obligatory YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgALEc-WGIE The motivation for this is simple. We get a ridiculous numbers of downloads, but as with any free piece of software, we know there's a lot of people who run Mixxx once, and then never touch it again. Other users play around with it, scratch their heads, and give up. I think we can convert a lot more of these users into DJs if we teach them how to use Mixxx, without forcing them to read too much. As I wrap up the code for this, I'll document how to write tutorials on the wiki. I'm trying to complete a couple of "beginner" tutorials to get something releasable soon, and we can worry about a more complete set of tutorials later. The tutorials themselves are a combination of javascript and HTML, and javascript land has access to both ControlObjects and our GUI widgets. A lot of the magic is easily done via slots and signals in javascript land, which makes for lots of fun. :) Anyways, just wanted to throw this out there for now. In the future, it might be cool to have in-app payments to unlock different sets of tutorials. It'd be a good way to offer something more to beginners without alienating our existing user base and pro DJs. Thanks, Albert -- Albert Santoni Lead Developer, Mixxx http://www.mixxx.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
