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Just FYI: I saw this comment and: 1) went to your link -> intensive blinking, firefox reporting that it "forbade access to graphics card" for whichever reason

by roesel 8y ago

Just FYI: I saw this comment and: 1) went to your link -> intensive blinking, firefox reporting that it "forbade access to graphics card" for whichever reason 2) Was impressed that Windows file is only 1 MB (turns out the installer downloads a lot more than that, which is ok but could be mentioned) 3) Started the program and agreed with tutorial 4) Followed tutorial to C:\Users\myusername\Desktop 5) Followed tutorial by pressing Backspace -> program stopped working and crashed No hate intended, but if you want people to use this, you should probably think about fixing some of the steps to be less cumbersome :). FWIW the program looks cool.

mherrmann 8y ago
Thank you for the feedback. 1) No idea why that happened. I'm really not doing anything special on the web site. 2) You're right, sorry. The Windows binary is an online installer. I'll update the web site to mention that once the load is off the server. 5) Hm... Sorry about that. Would be extremely interesting to know if this happens on your computer every time. It's probably too much to ask since you already uninstalled, but if you have a few mins, can you try again? > if you want people to use this, you should probably think about fixing some of the steps to be less cumbersome That's literally what I spend my days working on. Desktop apps are a lot of work... > FWIW the program looks cool. Thanks!
- roesel 8y ago
  Went back and installed a second time. The web page no longer blinks and after the installation finished, the program did not crash and I was able to finish the tutorial. I wanted to try a third time, but after a third reinstall, the tutorial no longer pops up. Is there a way to clear EVERYTHING away and try again as if this was a new computer?
  - mherrmann 8y ago
    Thanks! You can close fman and delete the data directory [1]. Or, you can start the tutorial again via the Command Palette [2]. [1]: https://fman.io/docs/data-directory https://fman.io/docs/data-directory [2]: https://fman.io/docs/tutorial https://fman.io/docs/tutorial

by roesel 8y ago

mherrmann 8y ago

Thank you for the feedback. 1) No idea why that happened. I'm really not doing anything special on the web site. 2) You're right, sorry. The Windows binary is an online installer. I'll update the web site to mention that once the load is off the server. 5) Hm... Sorry about that. Would be extremely interesting to know if this happens on your computer every time. It's probably too much to ask since you already uninstalled, but if you have a few mins, can you try again? > if you want people to use this, you should probably think about fixing some of the steps to be less cumbersome That's literally what I spend my days working on. Desktop apps are a lot of work... > FWIW the program looks cool. Thanks!

roesel 8y ago
Went back and installed a second time. The web page no longer blinks and after the installation finished, the program did not crash and I was able to finish the tutorial. I wanted to try a third time, but after a third reinstall, the tutorial no longer pops up. Is there a way to clear EVERYTHING away and try again as if this was a new computer?
- mherrmann 8y ago
  Thanks! You can close fman and delete the data directory [1]. Or, you can start the tutorial again via the Command Palette [2]. [1]: https://fman.io/docs/data-directory https://fman.io/docs/data-directory [2]: https://fman.io/docs/tutorial https://fman.io/docs/tutorial