[PD] Tip of the Day

[Theron Trowbridge]

That is why all civilized tip-of-the-day dialog boxes have a don't-do-that
(again) button.


-Theron
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2010/12/9 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>

>
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:33 PM, András Murányi wrote:
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> 2010/12/6 Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca>
>
>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, András Murányi wrote:
>>
>>  Annoying for me, even if i'm interested in the software. But that's just
>>> me. For those who find it useful, this could be developed into something
>>> that can really be started up when pd starts - sounds like a plugin? :op One
>>> way is to rewrite it as a plugin, another is to make a plugin which loads
>>> the patch at startup. Either way i'd be happy to help you.
>>>
>>
>> Btw, it doesn't have to be a gui plugin, it can also be a regular -lib
>> that doesn't contain any externals, but instead, just a single call to
>> canvas_open or similar.
>>
>
> Yea, but i cannot help Jonathan with that. What "makes it make sense"
> however, is that it starts up automatically. One can also modify his/her pd
> icon so that it starts up with the patch.
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>> And btw, lots of people use the word «plugin» to mean library or external,
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> Honestly, you are to first to tell me this, but i'm not so old and haven't
> really been around the world so much.
>
>
>> so, if by plugin, you mean gui plugin, you ought to be more specific.
>>
>
> Sir I will be Sir. Let me add that i'd reserve the name 'plugin' for things
> that are pluggable into an API and that is something me and Hans may have a
> different view about - for him (afaiu) it's almost an API, for me hardly an
> API. Nevertheless, it's cool. (I won't define 'cool' for you :o)
>
>
> hehe, its the beginnings of an API, it definitely needs work. :)
>
> As for the Tip of the Day thing, they are common in software, so I guess
> that some people like them.  I think the idea is good, but usually the way
> its presented is not the best.  For example, when I start an app, I am
> usually focused on something that I need to get done, so I don't want to see
> a Tip of the Day screen.  But perhaps there is another better time for that,
> or it could easily be an item on the Help menu.
>
> .hc
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