[ameister14]

Rather than clicking the plus to add a person, I think a more intuitive action would be to double-click empty space. Whether or not you change that, the 'click + to add a person' doesn't work - when you put the word 'click' on a page, people will click that and not pay attention to the rest of the directions. Even if they did, it's a little confusing because 'click + to add a person' isn't clear. You need to be more specific. 'click the plus button to add a person' and then have the plus button move so people see it.

[jhaddon]

A simple guided tutorial, similar to the beginning of most mobile games, could help here. You literally walk the user through the process of adding one person (themself most likely) and then let them grow from there. With a 'skip' option of course, if they don't want or need their hand held.

[aqrashik]

Thanks, I've tried to make onboarding easier by showing the popup tooltips, but I guess it needs more work

[aqrashik]

Thanks, that makes sense. I'll see how I can make it more intuitive

[matt_morgan]

I recommend starting with one empty box (every family tree has at least one member) than an entirely blank screen.

[slig]

Second that. The first time I opened the tab I thought it had failed to load and hit refresh. Only then I noticed the "plus" icon.

[fiatjaf]

Your assumptions about families are conservative and oppressive, you moron!

[mapster]

or a palette of avatars you drag and drop into the network (son, daughter, man, woman, etc)