Rational
The current fist contact with Tryton could certainly be improved.
I describe below a first contact with the application and I underline the points that I find the most unsettling.
I install trytond via docker as described here Docker, and set the admin password.
I then connect using the sao application that is served by the server. It works.I login as admin. The application talks to me in english, and tells me that I:
“will be able to configure my installation depending on the modules i have installed”
This a little bit unsettling as I was not aware I had installed any modules. I click Ok.
Then I am invited to create a new user. I do that.Then the application shows me a huge list of “modules”. What exactly do those do ? Which one do I need ?
I am left to my own devices to know that.The information displayed are the name of the modules and their installation status.
If I let my cursor on one of them, a tip appears, but it only shows me the name of the module, again.If I open a module, no more information are displayed.
I type “tryton modules installation” in an internet search engine, the most relevant link seems to be : http://doc.tryton.org/4.8/modules/index.html
, but, then again, it is a huge list. How can I easily know what I can do with them , and which one I need ?Let’s say I have a shop and I want to manage it with Tryton. The application does not help (apart from the name of the modules) in choosing what I need, nor does it show me what I could with it.
I choose, because the name sound right, the modules “sale” and “stock”. But really that is a kind of guess.
Maybe those won’t be nearly enough for what I need.Once those are installed, the application tells me, again, that I :
“will be able to configure my installation depending on the modules i have installed”I click Ok. And then Tryton suggests me to create a company and a chart of account. Seems logical. I do this.
I now see the menu has new entry points. I will try and see what I can do.
So, to sum up, neither the application nor the most easily found documentation really guide me to tailor my Tryton installation according to my needs.
Proposal
Maybe the existing documentation of the modules could be displayed (or linked to), when a module is displayed.
Some new wizard could help with the choice of modules, according to business needs.
The notion of module itself is quite technical, and a user of Tryton maybe should not have to choose modules at all, but rather to simply tell the application what she needs from it, and then the application will configure itself accordingly.
What do you think about all this ?