The user of 1.5 Alpha does not have an intuitive way to get to know the new (experimental) features of 1.5 Alpha.
That is because the Help menu of 1.5 Alpha GUI takes the user to the help doc for the 1.4 stable version.
He does not know which features are new and which are modified.
He does not know whether help docs exist about these features.
He does not know where to look for this help.
Suggestion: Please provide an additional item in the Help menu to take the user to this page.
Suggestion: The help menu of 1.5 Alpha should have an additional item to take the user to "Everything 1.5 Alpha"
Re: Suggestion: The help menu of 1.5 Alpha should have an additional item to take the user to "Everything 1.5 Alpha"
Updating the help for Everything 1.5 is still on my TODO list.
The next alpha update will show the following page when clicking Help -> Everything Help:
https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12
Thank you for the suggestion.
The next alpha update will show the following page when clicking Help -> Everything Help:
https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12
Thank you for the suggestion.
Re: Suggestion: The help menu of 1.5 Alpha should have an additional item to take the user to "Everything 1.5 Alpha"
That's excellent!
BTW a user of 1.5 Alpha needs to understand the basic functionality of Everything before he reads about the changes in the Alpha.
Therefore, he needs to refer to Help for 1.4 first, and only then the changes listed at Everything 1.5 Alpha section will make sense to him.
Therefore, the Help menu should provide him both links. Also, to prevent him from landing on just one of these two pages, the traditional hotkey F1 should be temporarily removed in the Alpha.
Secondly, this page serves as help document for the 1.5 Alpha.
It should have a cross-link to the Help for 1.4 somewhere at the very top.
All these little changes will ensure that the Alpha user is redirected to the correct source of help regardless of where he starts.
BTW a user of 1.5 Alpha needs to understand the basic functionality of Everything before he reads about the changes in the Alpha.
Therefore, he needs to refer to Help for 1.4 first, and only then the changes listed at Everything 1.5 Alpha section will make sense to him.
Therefore, the Help menu should provide him both links. Also, to prevent him from landing on just one of these two pages, the traditional hotkey F1 should be temporarily removed in the Alpha.
Secondly, this page serves as help document for the 1.5 Alpha.
It should have a cross-link to the Help for 1.4 somewhere at the very top.
All these little changes will ensure that the Alpha user is redirected to the correct source of help regardless of where he starts.
Re: Suggestion: The help menu of 1.5 Alpha should have an additional item to take the user to "Everything 1.5 Alpha"
Update:
@void your new post provides complete help to the user of 1.5 Alpha, including the features of 1.4 stable version.
That's wonderful!
Kudos for your thoughtfulness and effort!
Such meticulous attention to help documentation is rare indeed!
@void your new post provides complete help to the user of 1.5 Alpha, including the features of 1.4 stable version.
That's wonderful!
Kudos for your thoughtfulness and effort!
Such meticulous attention to help documentation is rare indeed!
Last edited by Raindrops on Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Suggestion: The help menu of 1.5 Alpha should have an additional item to take the user to "Everything 1.5 Alpha"
Perfect! Thanks, very valuable, indeed!