i can't agree brad i found the videos instructive, i didn't see any lags and the stuff magically appearing i think is just good time saving editing
maybe they were using shortcuts so the panels wouldn't flood and cover the screen, they're faster anyway i couldn't figure how they did the new single layer viewing modes i saw, so i went back to the video and yes although they did not 'show' it they did vocalize the info i needed and i got it very quickly from that they did say the defaults were something they were not and on the flip view they showed an indication of the view direction on a menu icon which i do not see, but i consider that to be very minor stuff ds _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Brad Velander wrote: > Don, > After some of the discussion yesterday I actually went to the Altium > site and watched some of those AD6.0 videos. > Over half of the operations performed in the videos happens by pure > magic, the operator doesn't actually do anything to get the resultant action > or the video doesn't show all of the actions performed. Most of the pages > during an operation are switched through so quickly, you can't even read > which window they are, let alone any of the details/options checked or set on > those pages. Often the pages change without any click or operation being > shown by the screen or described by the operator so you don't know how they > got to where they were going or even precisely where they ended up. The video > is also quite often lagging behind the description (on completely different > pages than those being discussed) by as much as 5 - 10 seconds. > In the video discussing schematic notes I really loved how one mouse > click near a bunch of resistors seemingly resulted in a suitable description > (not any existing text appearing in or around the area of the resistors) to > be added to a note. In other words the videos are little more than pure > marketing fluff. About as far from instructional as one can get, may as well > just read their release notes or feature sheets and take it for granted that > it actually works and is as simple as one can imagine. > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Ingram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:06 PM > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 6.0 ? it is here > > > > If you haven't already done so the videos are well worth watching, there > should > be a few more appearing shortly on Ad6 stuff, if they haven't already. Just > back > from hols so I haven't looked yet. > > Cheers > > Don > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
