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2010-01-03
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That's excellen!. Good format, clear and easily followed. Not too fast, either. I was able to pause it and freeze a screen, if I was trying to follow on my own device. It worked.
To be really picky, the icon for 'app manager' doesn't highlight very clearly. (Probably due to its being mainly white) I wondered if a finger-poke would be clearer. Or there's some way you can brighten it.
The only other thing I'd change is purely personal - I have an aversion to the word 'nice' as in most situations it doesn't actually tell you anything: I'd use some other description for the extras apps. And yes, that is both personal and really, really picky!
Overall, great job. I look forward to more of them. These things are going to make n900 accesible to people who don't find their way around devices easily and don't like poking things to see what they do just in case of trouble.
To be really picky, the icon for 'app manager' doesn't highlight very clearly. (Probably due to its being mainly white) I wondered if a finger-poke would be clearer. Or there's some way you can brighten it.
The only other thing I'd change is purely personal - I have an aversion to the word 'nice' as in most situations it doesn't actually tell you anything: I'd use some other description for the extras apps. And yes, that is both personal and really, really picky!Overall, great job. I look forward to more of them. These things are going to make n900 accesible to people who don't find their way around devices easily and don't like poking things to see what they do just in case of trouble.
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Thanks for the reply!
I had people telling me to slow down on the older videos which is why I put a message at the start reminding them about the pause button, but I think people have got used to online videos now so it's no longer needed.
It is the most confusing thing I agree, there's no orange glow as there is for other selected links. But if I add a finger-poke people may wonder why there's no finger-poke for other links.
Maybe some subtle form of enhanced highlighting might be best?
Lol, there was an Alexei Sayle monologue where he raves about how terrible the word nice is when it's applied to anything other than biscuits.
But this is how tricky things can be: if I say "useful" it doesn't describe games, if I say "fun" it doesn't describe utilities, if I say "cool" it sounds like an advert...
Originally Posted by RevdKathy
Yeah, speed is always difficult because not everyone remembers they can pause videos.
Not too fast, either. I was able to pause it and freeze a screen, if I was trying to follow on my own device. It worked.
I had people telling me to slow down on the older videos which is why I put a message at the start reminding them about the pause button, but I think people have got used to online videos now so it's no longer needed.
To be really picky, the icon for 'app manager' doesn't highlight very clearly. (Probably due to its being mainly white) I wondered if a finger-poke would be clearer. Or there's some way you can brighten it.
Maybe some subtle form of enhanced highlighting might be best?
The only other thing I'd change is purely personal - I have an aversion to the word 'nice' as in most situations it doesn't actually tell you anything: I'd use some other description for the extras apps.
But this is how tricky things can be: if I say "useful" it doesn't describe games, if I say "fun" it doesn't describe utilities, if I say "cool" it sounds like an advert...
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Originally Posted by krisse
I realised that after I'd typed it. I wonder if there's some way you could subtly enhance the way it lights up to make it more obvious?
Thanks for the reply!
It is the most confusing thing I agree, there's no orange glow as there is for other selected links. But if I add a finger-poke people may wonder why there's no finger-poke for other links.
Maybe some subtle form of enhanced highlighting might be best?
Lol, there was an Alexei Sayle monologue where he raves about how terrible the word nice is when it's applied to anything other than biscuits.
But this is how tricky things can be: if I say "useful" it doesn't describe games, if I say "fun" it doesn't describe utilities, if I say "cool" it sounds like an advert...
Choosing an alternative is challenging, as you say. Could you reword to 'there's a wide selection...'? Or something like that? I'd avoid 'cool' - fashionable words go out of fashion.
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy
Well then you get the problem of captions being too long to read quickly...
Choosing an alternative is challenging, as you say. Could you reword to 'there's a wide selection...'? Or something like that?
People think it's easy to write short captions for these videos, but it's not because you have to compress lots of important info into the shortest possible phrases.
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Needs some kind of pointer to show where you are supposed to press on the screen. Like a fake mouse pointer. I could be pulled off really easily in After Effects or similar program. Otherwise, great vid!
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It works well.
If you wanted to highlight App Manager, perhaps you could have an orange circle or square drawn on the screen to show where it is.
If you wanted to highlight App Manager, perhaps you could have an orange circle or square drawn on the screen to show where it is.
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Originally Posted by joppu
Most of the buttons already glow orange when you press them, but the ones that don't have a hand-shaped pointer pasted onto them.
Needs some kind of pointer to show where you are supposed to press on the screen.
If you wanted to highlight App Manager, perhaps you could have an orange circle or square drawn on the screen to show where it is.
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2010-01-04
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Another short-and-sharp vid, I did this because I was amazed at how useful and how hidden the built-in screenshot feature is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO28yX1Ehb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO28yX1Ehb0
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This would have been a whole lot easier with a video - in fact I went and looked for one.
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My retail N900's Extras repo was deactivated by default when I got the device, so this video explains why and how to activate it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOCbEWQ1Jg
Feedback welcome, especially if you have general comments about the tutorial's format and style rather than this particular topic.
I'm experimenting with doing them "short and sweet" as opposed to the comprehensive approach on Tablet School.