karmat wrote:Thanks guys! I don't understand how anyone could slam Rainmeter. If you're into customizing, it's the perfect tool to have.
Rainmeter is pretty easy to use if you like the Enigma skins as they are out of the box or if you find a skin on devArt you like as is. If you want to change things (which is really the whole point, otherwise just use Windows Sidebar or something) it does take just a little commitment to learning how the tool works and how you can use the tool to be creative and make your desktop your own... These complainers are the same ones who say Photoshop is too complicated and Windows Paint does all they need. Fine. Use Windows Paint by all means. They are not the target audience for Photoshop, and folks who ask "what button do I push to turn this skin sideways and be in Spanish? Oh, there is a manual? Ugh, too complicated... Can you just do it for me? Here is my email address." are not our target audience.
I will say again, and said so on that article on LH, "Rainmeter is not for everyone". You don't have to be a "programmer", but you do have to be a bit computer literate, and willing to learn just a little. In my opinion it takes about a day of messing with Rainmeter and tearing apart a skin or two to see what the author did to get the hang of it.
Kaelri and I have talked about this on IRC on many occasions. The only issue we see at this point is that Enigma is a great suite of skins, but is almost a trap for SOME new users of Rainmeter. It is very comprehensive and just fabulous looking. If a user wants to just use the skins as they are and maybe drag them around to reposition them for their screen and how they work, it's perfect. However, it is not the best suite of skins to "learn Rainmeter" with. It is relatively complex given that is makes extensive use of includes and meterstyles and built-in variables and dynamic variables and such that can make it a bit hard to "follow" for a really new user. We have talked about, and I think Kaelri is working on, a "Enigma Starter Skin" set that will be designed specifically to get the new user off and running on "editing / creating" skins using Rainmeter. It will showcase many of the features and capabilities of Rainmeter, while keeping things simple and straightforward for the person who is just starting in on understanding how Rainmeter works.
