Product tour · First use
Candu’s in-app guide uses gifs to full potential
Candu’s content studio opens a six-step in-app guide whose GIFs show each action, with a progress counter, a Skip link and a dimmed background.
Screenshot added to the library in September 2022; its exact capture date wasn’t recorded, and the product may look different today. Write-up reviewed 22 Oct 2026.
At the time of the screenshot, Candu’s content studio welcomed users with a six-step in-app guide. Each step is a card next to the left-hand menu with a counter (1/6), a Skip link, a GIF, one or two sentences and a Got it! button, while the rest of the editor is dimmed. The first step, "Add more Components", invites users to play with the components already on the canvas or drag in new ones from the left. The guide isn’t interactive, but the GIFs let users see each action and element in use.
Why it works
- Short and precise: six steps of a sentence or two each is short enough to finish in one go.
- GIFs in place of interactivity: each card shows the action in motion, which gets close to a hands-on walkthrough without asking users to click anything.
- Trackable, skippable and focused: the 1/6 counter shows progress, Skip is always in reach, and the dimmed background keeps attention on the card.
More on this pattern: product tours and in-app onboarding.
