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I'm a newbie: please share steps how to make a playlist (reading manual no help)

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Febs:

--- Quote from: ThuanB on April 15, 2007, 01:43:05 PM ---So you're saying that the manual, as it is, doens't need to integrate the suggested steps that I learned from the very helpful nls.
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No.  That is not AT ALL what I am saying.  What I am saying is that as far as I can see, the manual ALREADY incorporates those steps.

We welcome constructive suggestions on how to improve the documentation, but your posts don't give me much insight into how we could do that.

Mikerman:
I think what is happening here is a disconnect to "manual language"--it just seems that for some people, reading a description of how to do something does not register as easily as seeing it explained in step-by-step fashion (although the Rockbox manual often is close to that already in many areas).

Which raises a possibility that some manuals follow:

After a description of some chores that people may have found harder to grasp in the past, perhaps provide a step-by-step example, by numbered steps (which always seems to help people), along the lines provided above.

This shouldn't be a major chore and could be limited to the historically "harder"-to-grasp features, features that may tend to get ignored, or basic features with multiple steps, where one wants to make sure the audience has them down:  playlists, perhaps how to record, perhaps random album play, perhaps how to set the radio, etc.

Just a thought.

keuleJ:
Can someone sticky one of these "playlist"-threads?

Llorean:
No. Static information belongs in the Wiki. If someone wants to create a PlaylistTutorial wiki page, fine, but the Forums are for discussion. There should be a minimal amount of stickies, and they should relate directly to the forums (rules, etc).

Febs:
No.  The forums are for discussion, not for static information.  If the information in the manual isn't sufficient, the appropriate correction is to improve the manual, not to put the information in a stickied thread.

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