[squeakland] Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 12.09.2010, at 21:14, Carlos Rabassa wrote:

> Bert,
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> just downloaded and installed Etoys 4.1 RC1,  the version to install in Macintosh computers.
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> Everything looks great.

Great! Please keep testing :)

> A few days ago, through one of Kathleen´s Quick Guides I became aware of the existence of 
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> Thread Navigator
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> In case others read this message and,  as was my case until recently,  they are not familiar with this tool,  this is how to find it:
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> Open Supplies Box
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> Open Obejct Catalog
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> Clic on Multimedia
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> Drag Thread Navigator out to the work area.
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> I tried a few things with it and is extremely interesting.
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> It has one problem:  I can hardly see it,  it shows as a very small button with many things in it.
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> Is it too late to ask if you could make this interesting tool bigger and less crowded, making it easier to see it??

It is never too late :)

It is too late for this release, but there certainly will be another. To make sure your suggestion is not forgotten, it is best to create a ticket at 

	http://tracker.squeakland.org/

> Looking at the projects in the Squeakland Showcase,  I see the Book is probably the most popular of all tools.
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> I was thinking those project authors who used the Book,  might have accomplished better results with less work by using the Thread Navigator.
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> It seems possible to link as many projects as pages you would have in a book and putting all the content directly on the world rather than on the book´s pages???

Well, that is indeed how the thread navigator is used. Linking projects with the thread navigator is a powerful tool. You can even have multiple threads, linking the same set of projects in new ways. This is how Alan Kay used to give his talks.

However, working with multiple linked projects is only truly useful for "deeper" Squeakers who save their Squeak image. Normal Etoys users only save projects. Using a book is better because all the pages will be saved in one project file and so can easily be given to others. Sharing Squeak images is not so simple.

- Bert -

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