On Saturday 24 August 2002 10:52 am, Michael Peligro wrote:

> Dragging icons, copying icons, selecting all icons with a mouse can be
> incorporated in the game.

While this will be fine for teaching mouse-handling (hey, anyone know tha=
t=20
game where you have to prevent Bill Gates from taking over the network of=
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Unix machines?) it won't do a lot for letting people learn KDE.

For learning KDE, we should probably stick with something direct and simp=
le. =20
Short textual descriptions, instructions, and an animated GIF or SVG or o=
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to show how the action's done.  When the action is finished, a descriptio=
n=20
(like a tooltip) pops up with some text explaining some details about the=
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actions and adding advanced tips (if appropriate.  For example, single-cl=
ick=20
can come with an explanation: "You've clicked on the item!  KDE uses=20
single-clicking because it's faster than double-clicking and avoids stres=
s on=20
your fingers."  Or something like that.)=20

Every step should have a "Save my place here and exit" button to allow th=
e=20
user to quit at any time, but to return to the exact dialog when they're=20
looking to complete the tutorial.  There should also be links that ALWAYS=
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lead to a quick-reference to the tutorial (i.e. Table of Contents).

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-- Arcana  (Irwin)
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