<div dir="ltr">This is a great idea.<br><br>Perhaps there needs to be a "skinning" option where users can select different skins at run time. The installer would then give the option of selecting a beginner's skin, and tutorials would just say "use the expert skin" or "use the beginner's skin."<br>
<br>-- Early<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Roland Hess <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rolandh@reed-witting.com">rolandh@reed-witting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi guys -- Even though there isn't any support amongst developers for a<br>
true "beginners" version of Blender, there are certainly screen layouts<br>
and defaults that would be better suited to new users (and a separate<br>
configuration for migrating users) than the current "one size fits all"<br>
default file.<br>
<br>
If interested users like the ones here can come up with several default<br>
files that everyone (including core devs) can agree are significantly<br>
better suited to those situations, there's no reason that the installer<br>
couldn't ask the installee if they'd like the "beginners" configuration<br>
(or the "transition" config, etc.), or if they'd just like good old<br>
plain vanilla Blender.<br>
<br>
There ARE inherent problems with such a system, though, especially for<br>
new users. The configuration would be have to not be so radically<br>
different that all of the tutorial materials, both free and $, still<br>
works out of the box. The worst thing would be to come up with a config<br>
that breaks newbie tutorials!<br>
<br>
Things to think about.<br>
<br>
> Thank you for sending Ton's response.<br>
> Perhaps the best thing we can all do is assemble a short list of such desires<br>
> and necessities for the next major release after 2.5<br>
> Roger<br>
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--<br>
Roland Hess<br>
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