[deepamehta-users] Tutorial levels

[Matthias Melcher]

While dealing with Jörg's  texts for the new wiki, I realized
that there are actually more than two levels of end user
tutorials necessary.

First, the visualization user interface needs to be shown.
Ideally, it should become so familiar that its handling won't
subsequently interfere with the user's thinking. It can easily
be shown using just the generic sort of topics and generic
associations, and it won't take long to be understood.

Second, introduce collaboration, to impart a sense of what's
the user's private stuff, what is shared stuff, and how to
avoid to damage shared stuff.

Third, more specialized topics and associations can be
used, but only those that do not have the characteristics
to be mentioned next.

Fourth. There is a whole coherent complex of features that
are certainly NOT used immediately when a user first adopts
DeepaMehta (and which are much more difficult to learn): It is
everything that fulfills DeepaMehta's the promise of being
a DESKTOP replacement, of integrating (while hiding) the
applications for storage and transmittal of information and
knowledge.

Even though these 4 levels may have slightly different audiences,
they build on one another, and the understanding and practice
of the previous level is required for the next level.


Freundliche Gruesse / Regards - Matthias Melcher, Tel. +49-6221-54-4523