[PATCH] Update user manual . Re: error when saving information on the cloud

[Davide DB]

Hi Willem,

I will give you feedback once I read user manual with the patch applied.

Bye

On 9 April 2017 at 13:04, Willem Ferguson
<willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
>
>
> On 08/04/2017 11:21, Davide DB wrote:
>>
>>
>> #2 User manual mentions user/password procedure at chapter 9 but the
>> first time I find how to create a cloud account is at chapter  5.4.1.
>> "Storing and and using GPS locations using Subsurface-mobile". Then at
>> Chapter 8 it explain how to export your dives to Facebook. IMHO order
>> of importance is completely wrong: 9. "Keeping a Subsurface dive log
>> in the Cloud" and 9.1. "Create a cloud storage account" should be the
>> first mention. Even if i don't read the user manual sequentially as a
>> novel, I would expect to find as the first search occurrence. Instead
>> the first occurence speak about Subsurface mobile that (AFAIK) it's
>> not compulsory to use the cloud. I would expect a sequence like:
>>
>>   1) configure completely Subsurface desktop
>>   2) configure other apps
>
>
>> davide
>
> [PATCH] Update user manual with more explicit information about
> the Internet setup requirements for different Subsurface services.
>
> Signed-off-by: Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za>
>
> Some context about this patch. I am very open to suggestions and/or
> alternative points of view on these topics.
>
> My general approach with the user manual has been to start with the
> simple operations first, then move to more advanced topics. This means
> one should be able to start using Subsurface more or less with the
> default configuration, only altering the Preferences or setup when more
> advanced use of the software requires this. For this reason I do not
> currently deal with the Preferences (e.g. involving network setup,
> multigas options, dive planner, etc) before the user has even read the
> part of the manual to create a new dive log. For me, this would be
> totally confusing. My approach has been to only refer to the Preferences
> when required and only to the extent for performing a specific function
> with Subsurface being discussed at a particular place in the user
> manual. So, the general flow goes from:
>
> 1) Creating a dive log
> 2) Adding dives to a dive log
>
> (None of the above are critically dependent on any Preference settings)
>
> 3) Entering more advanced information for the dive log, e.g. coordinates
> and photos.
> 4) Logging more advanced types of dives e.g. multigas or CCR dives.
>
> (only when dealing with these types of topics do Prefences become relevant)
>
> Attached is a patch that I hope improves the text so the the problems
> that Davide encountered are more or less solved. I did this by expanding
> some of the text at places in the user manual where the Preferences
> options are referenced.
>
> I hope this is acceptable. Any comments welcome.
>
> Kind regards,
> willem
>
>
>
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