Not very visible Squeak-dev set at squeak.org
Hilaire Fernandes
hilaire at ofset.org
Mon Jul 9 18:47:14 UTC 2007
So, are there any reason the download link at the top right should not
point to squeak-dev regularly-updated and useful-for-developer image ?
After all for educative use, people should just be pointed to
SqueakLand, right?
Hilaire
Serge Stinckwich a écrit :
> mmille10 at comcast.net a écrit :
>> "And to think, just yesterday there was a complaint that Squeak-dev
>> (and SqueakLight) were too visible and caused confusion about what
>> was official."
>>
>> I had the thought that what might help is to categorize the downloads.
>> I was thinking for the current official version, squeak.org could put
>> it under "Education and Multimedia -- eToys, audio, video, Alice, 3D
>> graphics". The developer image could be on the same page, categorized
>> under "Seaside", and maybe "Smalltalk Coders/Hackers images", to make
>> it more clear that this category is targeted at those who want to work
>> on web projects, or at a lower level in the system. Each could provide
>> a link for further explanation, talking about what each can be used
>> for, if that seems necessary. Some visual cues would help, I'm sure,
>> like showing a screenshot of what eToys looks like in the official
>> version, with the classic "driving the car" demo.
>
>
> Yes i agree about the categorization, but why categorize the last
> current official version (3.9) under the category "Education &
> Multimedia" ? Try to dl the 3.9 version. This is just a developer
> version without the bells and whistles of the squeak-dev version. The
> 3.8 could be categorize "Education & multimedia".
>
> -- Serge Stinckwich
> http://doesnotunderstand.free.fr/
>
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