[Squeakland] Re: new etoys comments, questions

[Bill Kerr]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Bill Kerr <billkerr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some of the new features on etoys are great and / or look really
> interesting.
>
> Here are some comments and questions about the new etoys (running on
> Windows) based on a preliminary look:
>
> 1) Default saving goes to a non existent folder C:\My Pictures\My Squeak
> and so saving fails. Solve this problem by holding down the mouse button =
on
> the Keep icon and then an option to navigate to a desired folder becomes
> available. This is not explained on the balloon help of the Keep icon,
> although it is explained on the balloon help of the Find icon.
>
> 2) Help: When you load the paint tools the Help fades out. You can click
> the arrow to the next page but can't Jump to a different Help sequence for
> the Paint tools. You have to close the Paint tools then Jump to a differe=
nt
> Help page and then reopen the Paint tools
>
> 3) Can't find a timer? The clock on a script has a tick rate, the default
> is 8 ticks per second, but how can I program that to display a timer?
>

Found the elegant answer to this one in the racing car tutorials, project 6


>
> 4) Show code textually is a nice feature - would be even better if you
> could open the code window to reveal all the code at once - good for
> learning by copying and pasting to other media
>
> 5) How do you set the "preserve trash" preference mentioned in the trash
> can help balloon?
>
> 6) There doesn't appear to be a version number?
>

7) When one car wins a race is it possible to announce who has won, similar
to the pop up help balloons?
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