new (again) user - frustration

[faru]

I jump on this train, as I just got my ndlr last week and I'm quite frustrated with the handling and onboarding. A lot of controls are so cryptic on the display, even with the explanation in the manual, I took me several rereads to make sense of it. While I love the idea of the noodler, its such a pain to use honestly. its clearly written and designed by engineers and developers. I had the same trouble with the quick start, that it didn't really help much and took me quite some digging in youtube to figure stuff out.

But to be constructive: 1. I would give the manual to a professional copy writer, someone who understands the needs of non-technical users.
2. about the UX, I dont know where to start. I get that you probably have limited resources and the tiny display has so many limitations, but looking into the future, having a professional Hardware UX designer could help making this tool really great. The first idea which pops into mind is not cramming so many controls into the display in order to use more descriptive labels and not write labels vertical. then e.g. Using different icons instead of arrows for the selected menu states and I could go on. I hope the feedback is not too harsh, its just my current frustration as I was so excited about the device.

I wont give up yet though with noodling :-)