GUI should explain what WRDS is

[Thomas Guettler]

In the gui (version 3.0) the is the dialog "load from WRDS" then you can enter a username and password.

Please explain (on the GUI, not just me in the bug report) what wrds is. And where I can get an account.

Thank you.

[Marten de Vries (marten-de-vries)]

Thanks for your bug report.

In later versions of OT (3.2 does include it, not sure about 3.1), we changed the option to 'Import from the internet' which gives a submenu which includes 'Import from WRTS' next to 'Import from Cram.com', 'Import from quizlet.com', 'Import from studystack.com' and a few others. I hope that's claryfying enough to make sure the user knows WRDS is a web service. A more elaborate explanation would be nice, but it's hard to do that without making the UI seem, well, 'too full', which makes it harder to find what you want when you're not interested in importing from web services. (Which is important, it's the start screen after all.) I'd value your opinion/ideas on if the current (3.2) UI is enough, though.

Where to get an account is a different matter, I agree there should be a link somewhere to the service itself, currently that's underdocumented indeed. I think adding one on the WRDS-login page would do.

P.S. writing on personal title here, will also ask the other devs on our chat channel a.s.a.p.

[Marten de Vries (marten-de-vries)]

& added the link to the WRTS page.