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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 16, 2007 at 11:21 PM
I have to agree with Mark that in a writing environment, less is more. However, I wouldn’t phrase it as hiding the power. Rather, I’d say it is making the power features optional… which seems to be the approach Pierre has taken with SQLNotes. I have to say, I found the screen that Pierre linked to with just the outline so much more inviting than the complex, multi-window views. Perhaps it comes with having learned to write using a typewriter, where one does start with a blank page.
Steve Z.
Posted by Cassius
Dec 17, 2007 at 01:17 AM
Mark and Steve Z are correct. Having taught for several years in one of my former lives, I developed the philosophy that one should treat ones students (viewers, potential customers, etc.) as being intelligent, but perhaps unfamiliar with the subject at hand. Thus, I would not start an advanced calculus class with Fubini and Stokes theorems.
I essentially offered Mark’s & Steve Z’s advice to Kinook (UltraRecall) a few months ago. It is certainly OK to tell your viewer of the power available in your product, but start with a simple screen shot showing the most basic functionality. Then follow with screen shots separately showing each of the other features. But don’t throw all of the ingredients into the meal or screen shot at once. (Do any of us ever have all of the possible windows, menu items, dialog boxes, etc. open at once?)
-c
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Dec 17, 2007 at 02:16 AM
Mark wrote regarding GrandView installation:
>I extracted all the files into a single directory. Then I opened up a DOS command window and ran install.exe from that directory.
Install.exe did not want to run. It needed to run from the main directory of a drive. So I did a subst:
subst Y: c:\setup\grandview
Y:install.exe
Install went fine after that. Expect SQLNotes to progressively implement some GV features.
Posted by Gorski
Dec 17, 2007 at 03:05 AM
> A few click and it can look as plain as this:
http://www.sqlnotes.net/public/download/SQLNotes/TextOutliner/SimpleView.jpg
I like this. Even more so if I can turn off the lines between the items, the yellow background color, the toolbar and the status bar. :-)
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Dec 17, 2007 at 03:53 AM
>I like this. Even more so if I can turn off the lines between the items, the yellow background color, the toolbar and the status bar. :-)
All can be done in the current version except grid lines. I’ll add it tomorrow.
Color: Tool>Options
Toolbar: right-click on it
Status bar: View>Status bar