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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I truly don't see how it's a "bit much" for the average Sigil user (which is what we're talking about, here). 
You double click it to install it (much easier, in fact than Sigil's installation). And to configure it, you browse to the .exe and select it (as explained in the user manual that no one reads). Surely that's not asking too much of someone who's already proven themselves capable of browsing to a .epub to open it? Or downloading an installer from the internet? Or browsing to a zip file to install a plugin? Why must we clutter up the top half of the Sigil forum with sticky threads that no one reads as well? Too many sticky threads defeats the purpose of having any sticky threads in the first place. |
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Originally Posted by KevinH
I am confused ... PageEdit is installed just like any other standalone app. The only thing different is if you want to more closely integrate it with Sigil, which then requires using Sigil's Preferences to set PageEdit as your preferred XHtml Editor. This is documented in the latest version of the Sigil User's guide and in the release notes. It is not difficult.
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Yeah, y'know...I think that's how we all think. M (Tex) made some very good points to me, in a recent gab session away from MR and I would prefer to defer to his thoughts on this.
(PAGING TEX2002ANS!)
He actually thought that PE should be "packaged" with Sigil and self-extract, yadda; my thoughts on it are SIMPLY that we should put
his easy-peasy installation destructions someplace simple.
When I look the Page Edit instructions, yeah, they're easy-peasy for us. But in thinking about what Tex said, I suspect he's right. We're still getting a lot of users that are looking for Word-plus and removing BV isn't going to change that.
I mean to say--I KNOW that you two, Diap and Kev, don't deal with this kind of thing everyday (and be happy for that!), but I do. My customers literally don't know HOW to download from browsers. I'm not kidding when I say that. They struggle with things like installing Kindle Previewer (which is a self-extractor/self-installer) and the like.
I swear, I'm not trying to make your lives harder or add ninety-bajillion stickies. I'm trying to think about how to reduce the number of questions and I recognize far too well your irritation. I get that way when I'm past my IL (Idiot Limit) too. When I've created click-by-click instructions, and I
STILL get questions because the asker
refused to read the instructions, or didn't even open them and so on. It's easy to get angry about it (god, do I
know that!).
IF Tex would post on it, which I know he'll do (it's like knowing that Halley's Comet will come past again...), his points on it really
are better than mine. I think he has a good eye for what works with the typical user. I tend to go crazy overboard, because my particular brand of "typical user" is a bit less (well, QUITE a bit less) techie than most.
Tex, dear, iz you dere?
Hitch