UX: MM first run is not a pleasant experience [#7643]

[gege]

Currently, MM's first run is a terrible sequence of dialogs, pop-ups and message boxes throwing at user's face. For a new user, this leads to a poor first impression IMO. And, you know, first impressions count!

Remember those malware-infected IE6, with lots of ads popping out every time you opened a webpage? Closing an ad would inevitably open another... That was simply frustrating.
In MM, it's not that different. For each click, user may think "OK, just one more click and I'll get in". But then... another window/dialog/msgBox appears. Then again and again...
This feeling gets worse given the fact each message/window has a different size or shape. The whole process lacks uniformity.

You all know it very well, but anyway, here is the complete sequence:






What I suggest is to create a First Run Wizard, which would group all those dialogs in an unified interface.
This way, John Doe would know he's going through an initial setup process and would know exactly WHEN his app is ready to open.

Here are a few mockups I made:










More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience

[gege]

Tracked by http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=7643

[vpsaxman]

Wow, this is a great idea.

[nohitter151]

Well said, and great looking mockups.

[gege]

Good to see my suggestion had a good reception. I really didn't think it would be accepted for a 4.0 release, so I posted in the Wishlist forum.
Fortunately, the devs have embraced the idea and are working hard on it

BTW, nohitter, I think this thread should now be moved to Beta Testing forum, don't you think?

[Lowlander]

It's not a bug in the beta so it belongs here in the wishlist forum.

[Peke]

Even it is Wish it deserves correct Topic naming

Also Gage what do you think of http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view. ... 643#c24142 Waiting to finish scaning of 70k of music and 4k of videos is denmanding so why not let users play with MM

[Lowlander]

That is my concern with this as well. As the scan works before you start MediaMonkey you'd need to wait potentially a long time before you're able to use MediaMonkey. I think it would be better if the scan is done last, closes the wizard and runs as regular background task.

[Dreadlau]

That is my concern with this as well. As the scan works before you start MediaMonkey you'd need to wait potentially a long time before you're able to use MediaMonkey. I think it would be better if the scan is done last, closes the wizard and runs as regular background task.

+1

[HaliburtonZeke]

Just installed Beta 4.0.0.1364 and went through the startup wizard. Very professional, I was impressed. Thanks.