On Thursday 28 September 2006 16:23, John R. Culleton wrote: > On Thursday 28 September 2006 00:09, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > One of my comments on the list was wondering whether anyone had > > actually, literally, gone through this tutorial that Niyam had written, > > since I noted that as it progressed the detail got rather sparse in a > > way that would cause a user to lose interest. Yet, on a practical level, > > it's not clear to me that there would be many who go through this > > step-by-step, page-by-page, all the way to the end, since users are not > > in the end interested in making Niyam's booklet, they're interested in > > making their own work. So this will be something to "leaf through", > > perhaps do some bits here and there, but mainly hope to remember what > > sorts of operations are demonstrated to be able to refer to later when > > needed. > > I went part way through it. I think the details get sparse as a > way to ensure that earlier text had been understood. I agree that > users get impatient with long tutorials, and quit working the > example when they have absorbed what they think they need. > Nevertheless without the Niyam tutorial I would never have > gotten started at all. Unfortunately his menus etc. don't match > the current product. And there is a bit of culture clash. His > cover illustration would be classed as porn in the USA. I can > live wih it but my wife might not be happy if she looked over my > shoulder :<)
Lucky she never visited India then I guess. Not her fault, but please, there is NOTHING wrong with the tutorial. Go read any art/history book on the region and you will find similar images. Regards Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060928/78394b2f/attachment.pgp
