Talk:New features in this release

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Gale 02Dec16: The main reasons for James's Guide were a possible source of ad revenue as a separate download, and to point users to already existing features that are often requested in Forum and [email protected] To me, it is a partial duplication of "Getting Started" and the only additional value in the Manual is the "not known about" features.
  • Peter 02Dec16: the difference between the Tour Guide and the Getting Started is that the Tour Guide is really an advert for what we have got, things that users mighht have overlooked (even experienced users) a bit of a marketing "puff piece" like this new "New Features" page. In contrast the Getting Started is a How To do stuff for beginners. Inevitably there will be a little overlap in content (just as there is with this page and the Release Notes) but the purpose of both pages is fundamentally quite different (again, just as there is with this page and the Release Notes).


Gale 02Dec16: The intro looks silly with larger text size, IMO. If we want larger text size, which perhaps we do, I suggest not using the intro template but styling a div with appropriate top and bottom margins like we do on the front page. The "font size" HTML tag is deprecated in HTML 5, so better not to use it if possible.


  • Bill 01Dec2016: At first I was put off by the "we did this" and "we did that" but I now see that this page is half hype and half documentation. As such, those phrases work.
    I've made a few minor changes here and there.
    • Simplified the sentences in the pinned head section
    • Change heading from "Distortion" to "Distortion Effect"
    • Simplify description of "Act when paused"
    • Fix a couple of typos
  • Peter 01Dec16: Thanks for the feedback Bill. And yes this is partly intended to be a marketing "puff piece" designed to get folk interested in and excited by the new functionality - hence the "we did this" and "we did that".
  • Peter 01Dec16: Gale suggested by email: DISPLAYTEXT that says "New features in <version number> on this page.

Archive

James 20May17: Took this out of the new features page, as readers can get enough of an idea from seeing one before and after.

File menus

New File menu   FileMenu.png        Old File menu   File Menu.png


Transport menus

New menu   TransportMenu.png        Old menu   Transport Menu.png

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