> Thanks for the nice discussion, although the topic sounds a bit like > flame-bait... It is not my intention to compete with other project for > competition sake - believe me if there is a project out there that satisfies > my needs I will be glad to use their code instead of my ow. Would save a > heck of a lot of time for me.. >
Not for competitions sake, but to get new users. New users is good for every application except for KDE. >> * however, tomboy works right out of the box, while the first screen of >> zim, asking to configure a notebook, requires some thinking. It's not >> easy to understand what's the Domuent Root, or how you want to use the >> notebooks before yuou know what the application is for. Some casual >> users might decide not to try the application. However, once the first >> notebook is working, anyone can learn most of zim without reading a >> manual. I'd even say it's easier than tomboy, because the toolbar has >> more of the good staff. >> > > I think this is a good one. Anyone feel like designing a wizard (or > "assistant" in gtk jargon) for first time users ? It should just explain > what a notebook is and ask for the location to store notes and other > properties with some meaningful defaults or select an existing notebook. > > After creating the first one, the "open another notebook" menu item would > still trigger the current dialog. But the "add" button in that dialog could > trigger the wizard again. > I think that this point needs addressing, too, but having good defaults is better than poping up a wizard. I personally like when software asks me on first use how I'd like it configured, but I know from taking an interest in usability that most end users do not appreciate that. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp