I prefer software that's so simple that it needs little or no documentation. That said, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I could enter Textile into the notes field... productivity increase!
Two thoughts: one, add a per-user configuration option to select between Textile and Markdown. If I'd noticed an option like that on the configuration page, then I would have discovered Textile goodness sooner. Second thought: show example text, colored #ccc, in the notes field, such as: * bulleted * list "link to tracks":http://tracks.rousette.org.uk Clear text and style textarea to have black text on focus. OK, and a third thought: a note "template," with that example text by default, that's used on new notes and editable per user. Three ways to inform the user without a manual. - Fred. On 3/22/07, S K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe a user manual? (not installation manual, user manual, you know for > using the software) :) > > SK > > > --- Luke Melia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder if there's a way we could communicate this to users more > > clearly. A tooltip perhaps? Or maybe a hideable div or something? > > > > On Mar 21, 2007, at 11:07 PM, James Kebinger wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the clarification, I didn't know tracks supported that. > > > I added a note to the ticket that this works using textile notation > > > in case anyone has the same question in the future. > > > -james > > > > > > On 3/21/07, bsag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue Mar 20 14:17:37 UTC 2007, James Kebinger > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Its early in the day and my brain isn't in gear yet, so I'm not > > > sure I > > > > understand what you're proposing - is it that Tracks do nothing > > > to auto-link > > > > strings that look like urls because its not that hard to do the > > > html markup > > > > oneself? (if you know html) > > > > > > No, I didn't mean mark it up with HTML, but with Textile > > > > > > "link": http://google.com > > > > > > I don't think that's too hard, and as I said, you get a much neater > > > note. > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > bsag > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new > http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Tracks-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss > -- - Fred Alger @: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ring: 206-491-0261 _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
