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- | To use TAD, it is mandatory that you obtain a membership in our team chat system | + | To use TAD, it is mandatory that you obtain a membership in our teamTAD community |
- | **To become a registered user of TAD, do this:**\\ | + | **Why Discord?**\\ |
- | | + | The advantage of using Discord for authenticating is because people can be totally anonymous if they want to -- Just choose an unrecognizable username at Discord (many do!) We (i.e. those behind TAD) does not have access to your email address. So, TAD is not being developed with some " |
- | Once you submit | + | **But why authenticate? |
+ | The reason for authentication is that models generated using TAD would be useful for collaborative works; especially " | ||
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+ | **What if you don't like Discord? | ||
+ | There are many people at Discord using TAD without any hiccups. However there are few people who may not like Discord -- so now TAD authentication can be done by other compatible community systems and Forums. So from Version 6.9.1.45 that capability is also there. In such cases; | ||
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+ | Shortly, we'll link to a list of such communities that can be used to authenticate | ||
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+ | **Using a non-Windows machine? | ||
+ | No worries! TAD Designer Lite has very low system requirements. It can work on many Operating systems that have the WINE sub-system in it. [[wine|Read more here!]] | ||
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+ | **To become a registered user of TAD, do this:**\\ | ||
- | The 3 steps are simple: | + | **Just 2 steps to get started**\\ |
+ | The 2 steps are quite simple: | ||
- | You need to get an account at our chat system . A confirmation email would be sent to your email address when you setup the chat account | + | When installing, it will NOT check if you have a membership |
- | The second step is to download the installer. Our email will give you an **install code**. That code will be used by the installer during | + | The authentication may seem clumsy at first; but it is important for you. Each TAD file you create has a stamp of the registered user. It protects your data. In case your data goes to another office, they cannot open it without |
- | Once you have registered at the chat system, you need to use the the login credentials of the chat system in order to use TAD. The first time TAD starts it will ask you to provide the credentials. Give the //email address// and the // | + | After you complete |
- | This page on [[authentication]] explains more on what you need to do if you get confused | ||
- | //Note: The TAD chat system uses the open-source MATTERMOST chat system. So on the first page of TAD chat, you would see their message. | + | ----- |
+ | [[oldregistrationmethod|Old registration information | ||
- | Read [[tadchat | how to use the chat system here]]\\ | ||
- | Read [[whysignup | why a signup is mandatory]] |