Daniel Dekany wrote: > I guess we agree in that this is a product with a very steep *initial* > learning curve due to its unusual approach. Still, the documentation > under the Help menu is just a reference, it doesn't contain the User's > Guide (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/user/index.html). > I think that an as little thing as adding a "User's Guide" menu item > (or better, a "Getting Started" menu item -- who cares about the > installation procedure and like when it was already done) directly > under the "Help" menu could help many potential users to get through > that initial shock, rather than becoming frustrated quickly and try > the next product on the list. Most users who are not some kind of > company decision makers certainly will not look for further help > elsewhere. (I guess that it would be even worthwhile to invest into > creating a new, more effective kick-start tutorial, maybe even > aggressively pop it up at first start.) >
We fully agree with your suggestion and we will almost certainly implement it in the near future. There is one thing which prevented us from adding more documentation (e.g. the tutorial) to the online help: the lack of quality of Java Help in terms of HTML rendering. We find the documentation displayed in the Java Help window painful to read. We are currently investigating to find an alternative to Java Help (Oracle Help? Simply use the Web browser of the user? Implement a Help window using XMLmind XML Editor components?) Once again, thank you very much for your suggestions.
