"new activity" choices

[Chani]

> What about having a preview of what you would get with each containment?
> Not a live preview, just an example screenshot designed specifically to
> highlight what is unique about each containment type.  I know this wouldn't
> work as well for something like the grouping desktop, which just adds a new
> containment type to the existing desktop (which makes me wonder why it is a
> separate containment at all, but that is another issue).  But for the main
> containment types it should provide some guidance to users.

no, the differences are too subtle to show up in any scaled-down screenshot.

> 
> An alternative (or supplement) would be a "Help Me Choose" wizard.  This
> would have a screenshot or very short clip (like the instructional videos
> on userbase) along with a brief explanation about what the point of each
> containment is.  This would slow down adding the first containment, but
> this would be opt-in (users would have to click a "Help me choose..." menu
> item) and should only need to be done a couple of times before the user
> gets a feel for the containments.

wizards are the devil.
although I can see the appeal of a UI that at least lets you read the 
descriptions.
I'm not willing to put in the work to make such a UI, though.

-- 
Chani
http://chani.ca
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