Survex 1.1.1 test version uploaded

Wookey wookey at aleph1.co.uk
Wed Oct 13 03:47:02 BST 2004


+++ Lev S Bishop [04-10-12 22:12 -0400]:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Olly Betts wrote:
> 
> > We could add a "tip dialog" which shows a random tip on startup (or
> > perhaps cycle through tips rather than actually be random).  You've
> > probably seen them in other applications - they standardly have
> > a checkbox for "don't show me tips on startup" so they won't irritate
> > the experienced user.
> 
> I've never found these useful and in fact they seem to be quite a reliable 
> way to spot mediocre software, IMO.

I've found the tips in the GIMP and in mc (both excellent bits of software)
to be very useful ways of discovering things that I might otherwise not have
found at all, or only _much_ later. I'mnot sure aven has enough obscure
functionality to merit this approach though...

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