On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Bill Kerr billkerr@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:
- 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.
- 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 different Help page and then reopen the Paint tools
- 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
- 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
- How do you set the "preserve trash" preference mentioned in the trash
can help balloon?
- 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?