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Originally Posted by PhilippeBruno
I believe that it should not be taken for granted that users will figure out by themselves how to deal with such changes.
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It's not taken for granted. We don't expect them to figure it all out on their own. That's why we constantly monitor these user forums on our own time for questions. There are tons of users here who are ready and willing to help with everything and anything Sigil-related. That's why we have links all over Sigil's Wiki and/or Release Notes that point here for user support questions and discussions about upcoming changes.
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Originally Posted by PhilippeBruno
Minimally, users should be told why and how things will work from now on.
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They are. Constantly. Here in the Official Sigil user forums. Where it's appropriate and much more convenient to discuss such things.
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Originally Posted by PhilippeBruno
The helpful tips and ideas given to me in this thread could have been made available along the release notes.
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People stop reading release notes that are more than a few paragraphs long with a few links. We hit the high points and then point everybody here for questions/details/discussion.
I know some people are a bit lost right now, but I don't think it's too much to ask for them to come here and search the forums to see if their question has already been answered somewhere. I can't point to these user forums any more strenuously, or frequently than I already do. Here there are hundreds of threads talking about why Book View had to go. Dozens that talk about what alternatives there are (or will be). Discussions that explain how to use new features that haven't yet been documented in the user guide, etc...
In short: there's a thriving Sigil user community here that we keep steering everyone toward every single chance we get. Where answers abound, and tips and tweaks ooze. Where warnings about the disappearance of Book View are older than dirt. Where possible workarounds to every imagined problem are legion. We can't help it if people wait until something goes completely pear-shaped on them before they decide to visit. And we're certainly not going to waste time duplicating this vast resource of Sigil knowledge anywhere else. THIS is where Sigil lives. Github is just where the development happens (and the website is strictly for announcements of new releases).