Response to Fast Dial FAQ
chiaroscuro Sun, 07/20/2008 - 12:10
@Mafi0z
I posted today in the Blog section a picture of Fast Dial with five stars.
It is my impression that it would perhaps be useful to have an expanded FAQ section that would help to explain all the Basic functions in Fast Dial, listed chronologically from the first moment of Fast Dial installation.
The answers offered could include pictures where it was thought to be necessary.
Maybe question one of the present FAQ could also be included but in a more expanded form.
There are questions omitted but these are the sort of things:
I see a Fast Dial Icon on the toolbar in your picture, I have loaded FastDial, but I can not see the Icon. What should I do ?
What is the purpose of the FastDial Icon ?
How do I create a cell on a page.
How can I change it's size
How do I move a cell on a page ?
How do I make a group ?
Can I move a cell from one group to another ?
How do I set a background in Fast Dial ?
Is there a way that I can remove from view any cells that I am not using ?
How do I alter the colours of a cell?
Is there a way I can make any part of the cell transparent ?
Is there any way I can alter the display of the Title of a cell which I have entered in the Properties setting ?
And so on...
Maybe with further suggestions from users on Userlogos, a more exhaustive list could be drawn up and edited.
The purpose of the list is as much to display the options available within Fast Dial, as to answer questions.
My impression is that if such information were made readily available with a clear link from the Mozilla Addons Fast Dial Page, that there might be fewer difficulties encountered by first time Fast Dial users, and as a result perhaps Fast Dial would be able to sustain more consistently a 5 star rating.
(BTW I think your inclusion of a link to a Tutorial on the FAQ page is already a great improvement !)
Re: Response to Fast Dial FAQ
Submitted by gumanov on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 13:55hmm sounds good to me..
should i create a "Documentation" area? or just use FAQs?
Re: Response to Fast Dial FAQ
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 12:16@Mafi0z
should i create a "Documentation" area? or just use FAQs?
Interesting question.
At the moment the direct link on the Mozilla page marked Home Page leads via another link to the FAQ.
However the FAQ link itself could easily be mistaken as a page header in the present layout.
Maybe there could be a number of clearly presented links on that Home Page to the information you might prepare. I think however that the word Documentation might be improved upon.
What do you think ?
You should have a Fast Dial for Dummies - remember there are more of us than you smart people - give us a break.
(seen today on the Mozilla site)
Re: Response to Fast Dial FAQ
Submitted by gumanov on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 17:46I have made this into a suggestion..http://userlogos.org/node/1362
there are 3 choices
documentation
add to faqs
create a wiki
thnx for the response with the questions above..
also - cannot find that comment on mozilla site- can i have a link?
Re: Response to Fast Dial FAQ
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 20:07Sure here's the link
Was the first comment.
Two one star ratings and Fast Dial was back to four stars again.