Xcode not installed, all I want is MyPaint

[michael7177@…]

I realize this is a work in progress and it's free. I'm a Motion Graphics Designer for TV/Film and a Usability Designer with 20 years experience but I'm not a developer. I don't have a lot of free time to diddle around. So I'm going to start off by recommending.

"Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug (see below)

I want to use MyPaint. The relationship between MacPorts and MyPaint has either never been explained or made obvious. I've got an error about xcode not installed and have not found info in my search here. So here we go down this usability nightmare rabbit hole.

Can anyone send me a link to a YouTube install of MyPaint along with all this precursor stuff? I'm using a PowerMac 2005 not an Intel Mac. OS 10.5.8. Or should I just buy Painter and write MyPaint off for now?

Searches on YouTube were not helpful: mypaint mac mypaint mac install

I did watch a MyPaint Tour made by child. : ) Reminds me of years ago watching intros to Blender3D by Super3DBoy which ended in time wasting frustration and switching back to Cinema 4D. Is this where this is going? It seems the people that use this stuff have a network of users working at night in a big studio or agency with lots of equipment and expertise sitting idle before the deadline or the 11 O'clock news show goes on air. Been there and done that with Quantel. Is that how these tools get a user base?

Here' my often used cut and paste recommendation for "Don't Make Me Think"

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I highly recommend reading this seminal introduction to the booming field of Usability Design. "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug is a short, quick, fun read (has cartoons in it) full of wry humor that explains how to make things easy to use.

24 Fact of Life #2 We don't make optimal choices. We satisfice.

MDS: Users are idiosyncratic

26 Fact of Life #3 We don't figure things out how things work. We muddle through

not limited to beginners. Even technically savvy users often have surprising gaps in their understanding

134 Here's a few subheads from the book "Don't Make Me Think, Chapter 9 Usability Testing on 10 Cents a Day".

• If you want a great site, you've got to test.

• Testing one user early in the project is better than testing 50 near the end

• The importance of recruiting representative users is overrated.

• The point of testing is not to prove or disprove something. It's to inform your judgement.

• Testing is a iterative process.

• Nothing beats a live audience reaction.

...and this quote "the ideal number of users for each round of testing is three or four at most."

This book is simple and GREAT! It even gives you a script of what to say when testing.

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

MacPorts is a package manager, i.e. we only package and distribute software not developed by us. If your comments aim at MyPaint, please post them where appropriate (e.g. on their website, mailing list, etc.).

Whatever your usability lessons say, MacPorts is a source distribution, which means it will compile software from its source code. Compiling software needs a couple of tools provided by Xcode, so you need to install Xcode (which you can get from Apple or should have shipped with your OS X install DVD) in order to use MacPorts.

Also, this is not a bug. For support requests please use the methods mentioned on ​http://www.macports.org/contact.php, e.g. the MacPorts Users mailing list.