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SQLNotes -- a Plea Please
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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jun 2, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Pierre, I have been following the rapid progress with SQLNotes, and see the possibility that in many ways it may end up being the killer app, the holy grail that CRIMPERs yearn for. It will certainly be all and more that some of us had hoped ADM would be.
I have one concern—though I use computers a lot and am familiar with a lot of programs, much of this stuff isn’t as intuitive for me as it may be for others.
When I look at SQLNotes I see the possibilities, and you have set up some applications of it, but I am as intimidated as can be.
My plea is that there be a help guide for dummies that comes with it (at some point, I realize that right now there are other priorities, but…).
Lack of such a help file has kept me from using UltraRecall to the fullest. Its help file has been primarily a visitor’s guide to all the neat features, rather than a helpful kind of “here’s how to use the neat features.”
For people who think in terms of databases, what I am asking for may not be as necessary. But as for me….
I think that the ability to have a real clear, here’s how to use SQLNotes for specific functions help file will be a big plus in getting sales.
Also, there’s a need to provide illustrations of how different people might use it for different functions, for example, a journalist, a therapist or doctor, a lawyer, a general knowledge data base, etc.
Thanks, Pierre.
And I might add I have a lot of respect for how you have progressed with this project, and kept us all in the loop. Thanks for that also.
Daly
Posted by Bob Mackreth
Jun 2, 2008 at 03:14 PM
I agree with Daly on all counts.
I am excited by the potential of SQLNotes, and I very much appreciate Pierre’s communication and dedication to seeking input from the user community.
However, although I have downloaded and installed the beta twice, I have not begun to make use of it. Why? Simply because it is overwhelming. There is obviously a lot of power there, but there is also a lot of complexity, and it is difficult to figure out where to begin.
And I’m a dedicated CRIMPer, and have played around with dozens of information managers!
Years ago, one of the frequent knocks on ECCO was that “the learning curve is too steep for general users.” I hope that this problem can be avoided as development progresses on one of the most promising programs I’ve seen in ages. As Daly says, I’m sure you are very busy, Pierre, but I do hope that you keep this challenge in mind.
And thanks for listening!
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 2, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Yep, me too. And I’ve already made this same plea earlier on this forum.
I won’t touch SQL Notes until there’s a proper help file - and, unlike some others here, I don’t have the time or inclination to fiddle with software in the hope of working out how it can help me :-)
I do appreciate that SQL Notes is in beta, but I’ve always wondered how people succeed in beta testing a program with that sort of power without a help file - I wouldn’t know where to begin.
Graham
PS: 138 minutes (and counting) in the queue to contact my ISP - is this a record? :-(
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jun 2, 2008 at 03:54 PM
Graham, perhaps beta users tend to be different from the average user in that more things are intuitive to them, or they are prepared to play around with it longer.
Having said that, since writing my note, I have been over to the SQL site, and see that some good work has been on documentation, to wit, a start-up guide that seems to me pretty understandable.
So that is a good sign.
Daly
Graham Rhind wrote:
>Yep, me too. And I’ve already made this same plea earlier on this forum.
>
>I won’t touch
>SQL Notes until there’s a proper help file - and, unlike some others here, I don’t have
>the time or inclination to fiddle with software in the hope of working out how it can
>help me :-)
>
>I do appreciate that SQL Notes is in beta, but I’ve always wondered how
>people succeed in beta testing a program with that sort of power without a help file - I
>wouldn’t know where to begin.
>
>Graham
>
>PS: 138 minutes (and counting) in the queue
>to contact my ISP - is this a record? :-(
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 2, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Thanks Daly, and good work Pierre - I’ll put reading that onto my todo list!
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Having said that, since writing my note, I have been over to the SQL site, and
>see that some good work has been on documentation, to wit, a start-up guide that seems
>to me pretty understandable.