[etoys-dev] sixteen items for Squeaklamd 2012

[karl ramberg]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Scott Wallace <scott.wallace at squeakland.org
> wrote:

> Here are the sixteen items currently on the Squeakland Educators' Group's
> wish-list of changes to try to get into the "Squeakland 2012" release.
>  This is from an early version of a working document, and does not
> necessarily represent consensus or priority, but it provides a useful point
> of departure as we try to kickstart the process of defining and building
> the release.
>
> Individual items will be addressed in separate emails shortly.
>
> Most of the major items here relate to work (heroically) done by Ricardo
> Moran in 2010 and 2011, whose results were typically circulated in projects
> attached to emails sent to this list.  It would be very useful to hear
> about all experiences (in as much detail as possible) that anyone has had
> with any of these projects.  Items 1-5 and 7 are all in this category.
>
> --------
>
> 1. sectors (graphics) kh/ok add help
>
> 2. calendar? (tools) add help  (ask developers about cost of adding
> projects)
>
> 3. graphing tool
>
> 4. number line
>
> 5. spreadsheet - maybe (in object catalogue?) - Skeleton -
>
> 6. input/output
>
> 7. Single Step Debugger
>
> 8. When saving file display only: Name, Notes and Tags - Remove Subject,
> Target Age, and Region  - Matches Scratch
> (can fold subject entries into tags for existing and older versions)
>
> 9. Add Koji Yokokawa's ScratchConnect (game controls and game displays)
> This will allow kids to create “game controllers” using Etoys Projects on
> one set of computers to control a “game display” (another Etoys or Scratch
> Project) on another computer.
>
> 10. re-arrange the objects in supplies
> remove Press me (back in object catalog), polygon in supplies instead (to
> have a non-symmetric object to let kids see heading when moving)
>
> 11. On Add Variable: Show options for value type - to make it easier to
> discover different types besides number (Ex: player, color, etc).
>
> 12. When deleting a project icon, change "delete the icon and delete the
> project" to "delete the icon and remove the project" delete indicates it
> may delete it from disk. And change wording from "Really delete the project
> <name> and all its contents? <yes/no>" to "Realy delete the icon and remove
> the project from Etoys (file will still be saved on disk) <yes/no>"
>
> 13. Fix Connector Labels so they display properly in “middle” of connector.
>  a. Fix: connector labels so that when added they move to the "middle" of
> the connector, not "openAtMousePosition"
>  b. Fix: connector labels so that repositioning does not place back to
> position of "openAtMousePosition" relative to move.
>
> 14. An "ask" tile to get user input.
>
> 15. A Rosetta Stone like (visual display of speech, graph) to help kids
> learn language and pronunciation).
>
> 16. Add perimeter, etc. tiles to polygon tool.
>
>
17. Way for  textual scripts to remember referenced morphs, in case of lost
source/decompile.

Karl
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