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Menu Overview/Structure - is this available anyplace?

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painkiller:
You can also do it yourself.
You even don't need a real device for that.
Get the simulator, then you can build this tree to your liking.

Another advantage: The simulator is interactive, you don't need to write the menu tree down, you can show her how to navigate to the interesting menu items directly.

ew:
I realize that I can use the simulator or a rockboxed device to show her how to get around, or to see the menu structure and write it down myself.

However, it is very easy for a newbie to get lost in the menu structure (ie how do I get from here to there, or which menu item do I pick to get to something that is 3 levels down).  For this, a printout would be a very useful thing to have.  Sorta like a navigation map.  It is a valuable tool to have.  There is a placeholder in the manual for for a menu overview.  Since it did not make it into the manual, I was wondering if an overview (even an outdated one) is available anyplace.

Maybe it does not exist.

Thanks,

GodEater:
I don't really see how it's possible to get lost in the Rockbox menus - left always takes you back, and if you *hold* left, it takes you right back to the top level of the menus. Is this really so tough to understand? (Seriously, is it? If it is - how could that be improved?)

[Saint]:
Personally, I think seeing the menu structure tree written down wouldn't be that helpful in this situation.

I've tried to do it myself, but once I got to the Playback Settings and it's myriad of sub-menu's (the Onplay context menu is fairly mammoth as well) I realised it was just as complicated looking at the tree this way (if not more so) than just letting trial and error and eventually experience teach me where everything is in the menu.

My girlfriend was a *complete* technophobe, and was initially daunted by the menu, now she's fluent with it.

It's really not *that* much more complicated than any other OS, it just has many additional features that make the menu appear overwhelming to users who are new to it.



[St.]

dfb:
A menu structure printout would be very helpful to users who rely on voice menus such as blind users or folks with broken lcd screens (like me). :-) Perhaps the Rockbox Utility could print one out based on the individual's player. I'm not sure if that's possible but it sure would be helpful.

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