Very Disappointed with DE0-Nano

No, that is the standard design. did you domthe following steps?

1. start quartus programmer

2. add sof fileccontrolpanel.sof from your control panel folder (the name may be a little diffrent)

3. If I remember correctly you should see the jtag chain in themlower half of the programmer window

4. if not, ask here what to do

5. click start at the top right corner

6. see the progress bar "progress"

7. did you have any errors ask here what to do

8. if not the so was loaded an the control panel should now be able to connect