[etoys-dev] Etoys 5 - Blue cloud

[Ricardo Moran]

Hi, I edited the subject to discuss this in a new conversation.

IMHO, Kathleen's proposal of a blue cloud pointing to a project showing all
the new features in Etoys 5.0 is a very good idea.

Cheers,
Richo

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kathleen Harness <kathleenharness at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been following the conversations about the new version of Etoys,
> but I do not have a good grasp of what will be included nor how some it can
> be used. Still, I want to help and the attachments are two possibilities.
>
> Would a book be a good way to show all of the new features in one place?
> It would not add to the Quick Guides and would be highly visible. It could
> also have a section of bug fixes or improvements.
>
> One good thing about using a book would be, when the next version is
> introduced, that the blue cloud could read Etoys 6 and lead to a book for
> those features while the Etoys 5's book now could become of of the projects
> in the Gallery.
>
> I would be glad work with everyone to make a book like the attached draft
> if you would provide projects and explanations.
>
> The screen print attachment shows a way to introduce new things from the
> opening world.
>
> Balloon help that is consistent with the balloon help in this version is a
> good idea.
> Kathleen
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Scott Wallace <
> scott.wallace at squeakland.org> wrote:
>
>> On Feb 9, 212, at 9:10 AM, Steve Thomas wrote:
>>
>> > Ed Team should think about Quick Guides on Variables, and perhaps
>> balloon help when you mouse over the variable types.
>>
>>
>> Right -- and it would be very good if in the gallery or guides or
>> *somewhere* we had examples illustrating use of every one of the types.
>>
>>  -- Sott
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