At 06:02 PM 6/7/2003, Darcy James Argue wrote: >But the point was ease of use. Important info like >Metatools needs to be in multiple places, *especially* the Quick >Reference Card and any automated tutorials. > >Also -- realistically, "kids these days" aren't going to sit down with >the manual in order to learn Finale. Especially not when you can >easily figure out Sibelius without a manual. You can either huff and >puff about "young people" and their lack of patience, or you can deal >with the reality that most people simply aren't going to read software >manuals.
I agree with you in general, but this can be a tricky thing. If a new user isn't going to read the manual, why would he read the Quick Start card? Or if you're going to put the "important" things on the Quick Start card, where do you draw the line as to what's important? I don't particularly think that metatools belong on the Quick Start card, since you can get up and going without them just fine. And since it's fairly easy to check metatool assignments while you're working (at least for artics, expressions, and staff styles), I'm not sure it's particularly helpful to have Coda's defaults listed somewhere.
As for ease of use, I've looked at Sibelius demos a few times, and I have to say that while point-and-click note entering is fairly obvious, I don't find Sibelius on the whole to be significantly more intuitive than Finale.
Aaron.
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