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Learn about Speech Bubbles in: Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1
by Steve Thomas 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi all, One of the great new additions coming to Etoys in release 4.1 is speech bubbles. Not only can you talk in words, but also in graphics and animations. Any object can be placed in a speech bubble. Even an object of objects (like a playfield). Try the project just posted at: http://www.squeakland.org/showcase/project.jsp?id=10274 to learn more. You will need to download the Release Candidate 4.1 (found at: http://squeakland.org/download/) to run the project. Many thanks to Ricardo for all his hard work as part of GSoC (Google Summer of Code). As Bert mentioned: > If you find problems, please report them in our tracker, or by replying to > this mail. http://tracker.squeakland.org/ We are in code freeze now, only severe bugs will be touched. Thanks, Stephen On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de>wrote: > Hi all, > > we are getting really close to this year's Etoys release. I'm copying more > mailing lists than usual in hope to get some more testers :) > > Here is the first release candidate (scroll down to "release candidates"): > > http://squeakland.org/download/ > > There is a Mac installer already, and a To-Go version that works without > installing on Mac, Linux, and Windows. A real Windows installer will follow, > as well as a release for OLPC/Sugar. > > Draft release notes are at > > http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes > > If you find problems, please report them in our tracker, or by replying to > this mail. > > http://tracker.squeakland.org/ > > We are in code freeze now, only severe bugs will be touched. > > Translations can still be updated before Sep 25 - help welcome: > > http://translate.sugarlabs.org/projects/etoys_new/ > > The final release is scheduled for Sep 29. > > For the list of changes, see below. > > Thank you! > > - Bert - > > Changes since the beta release: > > * pop-up arrows now enabled by default > * new DrGeo examples project (see gallery) > * new home project (green border more visible) > * Demon Castle renamed to Etoys Castle and fixed > * revised guides for English and Spanish > * DrGeoII translations for es,fr,ja,de > * updated German and Japanese translations > * removed languages with too few translations (ar_SY, en_GB, km, pap, pl, > zh_TW) > * hide distracting/not-functional preference panel buttons > * allow negative timer values > * shared flaps are not destroyed anymore when switching projects > * various smaller fixes > > > On 29.08.2010, at 23:20, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > here is the first Etoys 4.1 beta release: > > > > http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-beta1-ToGo.zip > > > > Here are the changes since Alpha 2: > > > > * updated translations from Pootle > > * added languages zh_CN, ca, sk, pap, pl, km, en_GB, ar_SY > > * revised Italian, Portuguese, and German Guides > > * no save on stop under Sugar, must use keep button (enable sugarAutoSave > to override) > > * easier to make flap (see supplies) > > * GSoC addition: scriptable speech bubbles > > * translatable of Text object must be enabled explicitly > > * minor fixes > > > > - Bert - > > > > On 20.08.2010, at 00:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > > >> Here is the second alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: > >> > >> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha2.zip > >> > >> I had to make a quick update to alpha 1 because some Sugar stuff was > seriously broken. > >> > >> Changes since alpha1: > >> > >> * fix Sugar DBus service methods > >> * fix NavBar not showing Sugar buttons > >> * fix 'length' and 'width' being read-only > >> * flip commands renamed to 'flip left right' and 'flip up down' > >> * fix QuickGuides showing up twice (if name in index differed from file > name), or not at all (if not in index) > >> * update Monticello to Squeak trunk version, and enlarge windows > >> * fix for SQ-683 (can't create script in Greek) > >> * fix for SQ-690 (Latin2 font broken) > >> * renamed one Italian guide (HaloL'Visualizzatore to > HaloLVisualizzatore) > >> > >> - Bert - > > > >> On 16.08.2010, at 03:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > >> > >>> Here is the first alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: > >>> > >>> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha1.zip > >>> > >>> Please test and report problems. If this basically works (I did not try > on Windows and Linux), we can announce it on Squeakland for wider testing. > >>> > >>> This is only the Etoys-To-Go version. Installers for Mac and Windows > won't come before beta (unless someone volunteers to start working on them > now). > >>> > >>> The biggest changes since Etoys 4 are > >>> > >>> * added DrGeo for exploring geometry > >>> * Sketches support flipping > >>> * geometry tiles for the world > >>> * timer tile (world and other playfields) > >>> * can store preferences > >>> * QuickGuides translated to Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and > (some) French > >>> * translations broken up in smaller files > >>> * system organized in packages, developed using Monticello > >>> * whatever I forgot (need to start working on release notes, which > should also have proper attributions) > >>> > >>> We have a few weeks now to the final release. There are still a few > additions in the pipeline (Richo's bubbles, Jerome's smooth curves, my Sugar > stuff) which can still make the cut if we think the risk is low. But mainly > we need to iron out bugs. > >>> > >>> Thanks to everyone who helped making this! You guys rock :) > >>> > >>> - Bert - > > > _______________________________________________ > squeakland mailing list > squeakland(a)squeakland.org > http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland >

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Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1 Toggle
by kharness＠illinois.edu 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, If you click the 'Toggle' icon in the Navigator Bar, the NavBar disappears but does not reappear when the icon is clicked, just a black bar shows with the icon moved to the left edge. Kathleen ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:41:43 +0200 >From: Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de> >Subject: [squeakland] Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1 >To: etoys dev <etoys-dev(a)squeakland.org> >Cc: "squeakland.org mailing list" <squeakland(a)squeakland.org>, "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak." <beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org>, The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > >Hi all, > >we are getting really close to this year's Etoys release. I'm copying more mailing lists than usual in hope to get some more testers :) > >Here is the first release candidate (scroll down to "release candidates"): > > http://squeakland.org/download/ > >There is a Mac installer already, and a To-Go version that works without installing on Mac, Linux, and Windows. A real Windows installer will follow, as well as a release for OLPC/Sugar. > >Draft release notes are at > > http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes > >If you find problems, please report them in our tracker, or by replying to this mail. > > http://tracker.squeakland.org/ > >We are in code freeze now, only severe bugs will be touched. > >Translations can still be updated before Sep 25 - help welcome: > > http://translate.sugarlabs.org/projects/etoys_new/ > >The final release is scheduled for Sep 29. > >For the list of changes, see below. > >Thank you! > >- Bert - > >Changes since the beta release: > >* pop-up arrows now enabled by default >* new DrGeo examples project (see gallery) >* new home project (green border more visible) >* Demon Castle renamed to Etoys Castle and fixed >* revised guides for English and Spanish >* DrGeoII translations for es,fr,ja,de >* updated German and Japanese translations >* removed languages with too few translations (ar_SY, en_GB, km, pap, pl, zh_TW) >* hide distracting/not-functional preference panel buttons >* allow negative timer values >* shared flaps are not destroyed anymore when switching projects >* various smaller fixes > > >On 29.08.2010, at 23:20, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> here is the first Etoys 4.1 beta release: >> >> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-beta1-ToGo.zip >> >> Here are the changes since Alpha 2: >> >> * updated translations from Pootle >> * added languages zh_CN, ca, sk, pap, pl, km, en_GB, ar_SY >> * revised Italian, Portuguese, and German Guides >> * no save on stop under Sugar, must use keep button (enable sugarAutoSave to override) >> * easier to make flap (see supplies) >> * GSoC addition: scriptable speech bubbles >> * translatable of Text object must be enabled explicitly >> * minor fixes >> >> - Bert - >> >> On 20.08.2010, at 00:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> >>> Here is the second alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: >>> >>> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha2.zip >>> >>> I had to make a quick update to alpha 1 because some Sugar stuff was seriously broken. >>> >>> Changes since alpha1: >>> >>> * fix Sugar DBus service methods >>> * fix NavBar not showing Sugar buttons >>> * fix 'length' and 'width' being read-only >>> * flip commands renamed to 'flip left right' and 'flip up down' >>> * fix QuickGuides showing up twice (if name in index differed from file name), or not at all (if not in index) >>> * update Monticello to Squeak trunk version, and enlarge windows >>> * fix for SQ-683 (can't create script in Greek) >>> * fix for SQ-690 (Latin2 font broken) >>> * renamed one Italian guide (HaloL'Visualizzatore to HaloLVisualizzatore) >>> >>> - Bert - >> >>> On 16.08.2010, at 03:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >>> >>>> Here is the first alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: >>>> >>>> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha1.zip >>>> >>>> Please test and report problems. If this basically works (I did not try on Windows and Linux), we can announce it on Squeakland for wider testing. >>>> >>>> This is only the Etoys-To-Go version. Installers for Mac and Windows won't come before beta (unless someone volunteers to start working on them now). >>>> >>>> The biggest changes since Etoys 4 are >>>> >>>> * added DrGeo for exploring geometry >>>> * Sketches support flipping >>>> * geometry tiles for the world >>>> * timer tile (world and other playfields) >>>> * can store preferences >>>> * QuickGuides translated to Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and (some) French >>>> * translations broken up in smaller files >>>> * system organized in packages, developed using Monticello >>>> * whatever I forgot (need to start working on release notes, which should also have proper attributions) >>>> >>>> We have a few weeks now to the final release. There are still a few additions in the pipeline (Richo's bubbles, Jerome's smooth curves, my Sugar stuff) which can still make the cut if we think the risk is low. But mainly we need to iron out bugs. >>>> >>>> Thanks to everyone who helped making this! You guys rock :) >>>> >>>> - Bert - > > >_______________________________________________ >squeakland mailing list >squeakland(a)squeakland.org >http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland

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Re: [squeakland] Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1
by kharness＠illinois.edu 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Bert, The Quick Guide MenusMakeNewFlap has been removed and replaced with a new guide but it still shows in the index with the message 'guide is missing'. The new guide about flaps is: SuppliesAdd-aNewFlap and it is in the index and is okay. A few unexpected behaviors of the new My Flaps flap using the flaps white menu: 1.if I select 'cling to left', both the tab and flap go to the left edge but, if I then choose 'lower right' in the 'extras' menu, the tab moves to the lower right but the flap stays on the left, they are disconnected; this is confusing. 2. the 'cling to' menu does not change information from 'current position left' when the extra menu command lower right is used. 3. if 'center' is selected the tab goes to the center of the world but is disconnected from the flap. 4. extras. . . another kind of problem example: bottom left the tab goes to the left but when the tab is clicked to open the flap, the flap opens and it covers the tab. Then the flap can't be closed. Regards, Kathleen ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:41:43 +0200 >From: Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de> >Subject: [squeakland] Etoys 4.1 Release Candidate 1 >To: etoys dev <etoys-dev(a)squeakland.org> >Cc: "squeakland.org mailing list" <squeakland(a)squeakland.org>, "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak." <beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org>, The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > >Hi all, > >we are getting really close to this year's Etoys release. I'm copying more mailing lists than usual in hope to get some more testers :) > >Here is the first release candidate (scroll down to "release candidates"): > > http://squeakland.org/download/ > >There is a Mac installer already, and a To-Go version that works without installing on Mac, Linux, and Windows. A real Windows installer will follow, as well as a release for OLPC/Sugar. > >Draft release notes are at > > http://wiki.squeakland.org/display/sq/Etoys+4.1+Release+Notes > >If you find problems, please report them in our tracker, or by replying to this mail. > > http://tracker.squeakland.org/ > >We are in code freeze now, only severe bugs will be touched. > >Translations can still be updated before Sep 25 - help welcome: > > http://translate.sugarlabs.org/projects/etoys_new/ > >The final release is scheduled for Sep 29. > >For the list of changes, see below. > >Thank you! > >- Bert - > >Changes since the beta release: > >* pop-up arrows now enabled by default >* new DrGeo examples project (see gallery) >* new home project (green border more visible) >* Demon Castle renamed to Etoys Castle and fixed >* revised guides for English and Spanish >* DrGeoII translations for es,fr,ja,de >* updated German and Japanese translations >* removed languages with too few translations (ar_SY, en_GB, km, pap, pl, zh_TW) >* hide distracting/not-functional preference panel buttons >* allow negative timer values >* shared flaps are not destroyed anymore when switching projects >* various smaller fixes > > >On 29.08.2010, at 23:20, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> here is the first Etoys 4.1 beta release: >> >> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-beta1-ToGo.zip >> >> Here are the changes since Alpha 2: >> >> * updated translations from Pootle >> * added languages zh_CN, ca, sk, pap, pl, km, en_GB, ar_SY >> * revised Italian, Portuguese, and German Guides >> * no save on stop under Sugar, must use keep button (enable sugarAutoSave to override) >> * easier to make flap (see supplies) >> * GSoC addition: scriptable speech bubbles >> * translatable of Text object must be enabled explicitly >> * minor fixes >> >> - Bert - >> >> On 20.08.2010, at 00:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> >>> Here is the second alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: >>> >>> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha2.zip >>> >>> I had to make a quick update to alpha 1 because some Sugar stuff was seriously broken. >>> >>> Changes since alpha1: >>> >>> * fix Sugar DBus service methods >>> * fix NavBar not showing Sugar buttons >>> * fix 'length' and 'width' being read-only >>> * flip commands renamed to 'flip left right' and 'flip up down' >>> * fix QuickGuides showing up twice (if name in index differed from file name), or not at all (if not in index) >>> * update Monticello to Squeak trunk version, and enlarge windows >>> * fix for SQ-683 (can't create script in Greek) >>> * fix for SQ-690 (Latin2 font broken) >>> * renamed one Italian guide (HaloL'Visualizzatore to HaloLVisualizzatore) >>> >>> - Bert - >> >>> On 16.08.2010, at 03:33, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >>> >>>> Here is the first alpha version of the upcoming Etoys 4.1 release: >>>> >>>> http://etoys.squeak.org/download/Etoys-4.1-alpha1.zip >>>> >>>> Please test and report problems. If this basically works (I did not try on Windows and Linux), we can announce it on Squeakland for wider testing. >>>> >>>> This is only the Etoys-To-Go version. Installers for Mac and Windows won't come before beta (unless someone volunteers to start working on them now). >>>> >>>> The biggest changes since Etoys 4 are >>>> >>>> * added DrGeo for exploring geometry >>>> * Sketches support flipping >>>> * geometry tiles for the world >>>> * timer tile (world and other playfields) >>>> * can store preferences >>>> * QuickGuides translated to Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and (some) French >>>> * translations broken up in smaller files >>>> * system organized in packages, developed using Monticello >>>> * whatever I forgot (need to start working on release notes, which should also have proper attributions) >>>> >>>> We have a few weeks now to the final release. There are still a few additions in the pipeline (Richo's bubbles, Jerome's smooth curves, my Sugar stuff) which can still make the cut if we think the risk is low. But mainly we need to iron out bugs. >>>> >>>> Thanks to everyone who helped making this! You guys rock :) >>>> >>>> - Bert - > > >_______________________________________________ >squeakland mailing list >squeakland(a)squeakland.org >http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland

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[ANN] Seaside 3.0 released
by Michael Davies 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

The Seaside core developers are pleased to announce the release of Seaside 3.0 - see http://seaside.st/seaside30 for more information. The changes in 3.0 are intended to make using and extending Seaside faster and easier. Useful Links: Full Release Announcement http://seaside.st/seaside30 Seaside 3.0 Detailed Release Notes http://seaside.st/community/development/seaside30 Seaside One-Click Experience 3.0 (runs with one-click on Mac, Windows and Linux) http://www.seaside.st/distributions/Seaside-3.0-final.app.zip Seaside 3.0 Developer Image 3.0 (for Pharo developers) http://www.seaside.st/distributions/Seaside-3.0-final.zip Seaside 3.0 SqueakSource Repository http://www.squeaksource.com/Seaside30.html

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interactive simulations in Etoys/Squeak
by Ahmed Mansour 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hello, I just found that the University of Colorado offer some interesting interactive educational simulations about physics, biology, chemistry... in Java and Flash format. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new I wonder if it is possible to convert them into Squeak/Etoys projects so they can be easily used in OLPC laptop, and also to test the possibilites (and limits of Squeak/Etoys). The source code is available here: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/about/source-code Cheers, ____________________________________________________________ Publish your photos in seconds for FREE TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4

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