[Scummvm-devel] Detection hints in the Add Game browser

[Ori Avtalion]

Travis Howell wrote:
> Max Horn wrote:
>> But if your UI is bad or confusing, or counter-intuitive, then it is
>> so... Adding any amount of documentation or help buttons (=band-aid)
>> won't solve that.
>> And in the end, people often enough don't read docs, so they'll still
>> end up asking for help on the problem if they don't understand our GUI.

Yup.

> To be clear, exactly which game detection issue are we attempting to solve?
> as I was unable to locate the video mentioned in the original message. The
> only ScummVM related video was OpenAlpha episode 3, which included brief
> guide to using ScummVM on a PSP.

Yes, that's the video I meant. sorry for the mixup:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8349566053817923056

Notice how the presenter says something like "it's ok the browser is 
empty. just click choose and it will find your game". Were it obvious, 
she wouldn't have said that.

> Also worth noting, that we don't actually mention that only directories are 
> displayed, and the files are excluded, when browsing through the file system 
> in the launcher.

The last one can be solved easily by improving the message at the top of 
the browser (if the user pays attention to it), or maybe a "first-run 
mode" that will show a descriptive popup when "Add Game" is first clicked.