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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:48:45PM +0200, Simon Schumann wrote:
> I don't think KiCAD's usability is particularly bad. The problem is that by
> simply
> clicking around it is very hard to figure out how stuff works, especially

You don't learn CADs clicking around, sorry :P if only to learn the
relationship in the library entities you need at least a little doc.

> The project window that opens on startup is pretty empty. So ther
> plenty of space to offer some guidance. I think making a few online
> slideshows
> to cover the basics and linking them each with a nice picture in the project
> window
> could do the trick. To give you an idea of what I mean, here are a few

OK, these are tutorials. Tutorials are good :D

Not sure if they have to be in the program, they risk to remember users
of a certain paperclip :P:P

And, by the way, there is a "Getting started" section in the help menu;
that could be expanded and maybe some big buttons could be placed around
in strategic places (like just after a "project new" operation)
referring to this for the novice users.

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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