On 2/24/10 8:45 PM, Steve Borho wrote: > It's been a long-standing goal of our project to have a first-run > wizard application that walks users through initial configuration and > use. > > I had a recent change of heart on this topic and decided instead that > it would be preferable to have a QuickStart document that the user > could read as many times as they wish, and that document could walk > them through the initial configuration. I decided on the QuickStart > document approach because it doesn't waste development effort on an > application that will only be run once and wouldn't teach the user how > to change those settings in the normal (preferred) way later on. [snip]
There is a very big difference between a first-run configuration wizard and a quick-start doc. Honestly, I don't see them as alternatives of each other at all. A setup wizard would be there to gather in the necessary user information that can't be guessed up front. This would be things like username, preferred editor, preferred merge and diff tools, etc. This is all information that everybody has to enter the first time they use TortoiseHg, no matter what. Either they do it the long way and go through each panel in global settings to find the right options or they have a simple set of options up front in a wizard. It's a necessary step, either way. A quick start guide is a tutorial for people that aren't familiar with TortoiseHg and want something to hold their hand getting started. It's entirely optional. TortoiseHg is intuitive enough (if you are familiar with Mercurial in the first place) that you don't *need* to look at any documentation. So it's the difference between gathering mandatory information and offering an optional helping hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list Tortoisehg-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
