digiKam

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digiKam First Run Assistant

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This week, i have work for a while on another digiKam subject: a new first run assistant.

The goal of this assistant is to group lead questions to configure some importants rules in digiKam setup. Of course, we won't to reproduce here the huge digiKam setup panel, but welcome users in digiKam and ask for minimal settings.

Assistant provide tips and explanations to guide users for future adjustments. Also, we cannot replace digiKam documentation which can be compared to a real book, but at least users are introduced to the digiKam world.

More panels can be added in assistant if necessary, but we must limit configuration screens to not bloat ergonomy. Note that on left side of each page, we can customize image (currently digiKam logo) and use some nice graphic designs in relation with page contents, as you can see with pro software...

These screenshots have been taken under Windows Vista, but of course, the same exists under Linux.

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