On 23 January 2015 at 15:46, Martin Landa <landa.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > 2015-01-23 9:20 GMT+01:00 Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org>: > > my motivation to discuss the current welcome screen is that too many > > potential new users try to launch GRASS, do not get past that screen and > > walk away ("too difficult"). Yes, and they will likely not read the > manual > > but just take another GIS. > > This is a multiple times reported fact. > > I have met a lot of GIS specialists who told me: I tried several times > to use GRASS in different decades and I end up with the same result, I > didn't managed to get my data in, so I gave up. > > Yes, I also had those experiences told to me. Is it possible to open GRASS GIS wxGUI without setting the GISDB/Location/mapset yet? Then from "inside the opened software" you will need to go through those steps anyway before doing anything... Would that make any psychological difference? > It' a sign in my eyes that we should think how to simplify this step ;-) > > Martin > > -- > Martin Landa > http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Landa > http://gismentors.eu/mentors/landa > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev > -- ----
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