John and Karl --

The blurry images are ones that have not yet been downloaded 
automatically from the server. I am currently using a phone line and 
they seem to take a very long time -- I'm not sure why.

What is the advantage of putting a Geemail in a window? -- it already 
has scrollbars. (You may not think so because they are very much 
delayed in appearing because of the slow picture download, but a 
mouseover the Geemail will eventually make them appear.)

Cheers,

Alan

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At 8:35 PM +0100 11/3/01, Karl Ramberg wrote:
>John Hinsley wrote:
>>
>>  Karl Ramberg wrote:
>>  >
>>  > I'v written up a tutorial with some of the knowledge I
>>  > have accumulated about etoy scripting. It's not completed
>>  > but it would be good to get some feedback at this stage...
>>  > I'm not used to write tutorials and find it hard to get from
>>  > the click-on-that-button-and-do-this stage to acutally teach.
>>
>>  A brave move, Karl (tutorials are so difficult and time consuming to
>>  write)!
>>
>>  Just two initial thoughts: I've just taken a look and have yet to really
>>  get down to it.
>>
>>  My first reaction was to put the GeeMail in a window (just to make it
>>  easier to roll up -- I guess that most people will try to make the
>>  project within the tutorial project).
>That's a good idea, I'll put it in a window
>>
>>  My second was that some of the images are very unclear (I may be missing
>>  something here, but making them bigger and smaller doesn't help with the
>>  clarity.)
>I'm not quite sure what you mean here... All the images are just screen shots
>dragged and dropped on the geemail, no scaling but some red marker circles
>
>>  It's interesting that you used GeeMail as a way to present it where I'd
>>  probably have used a book morph or maybe -- boring old traditionalist
>>  that I am -- html within Scamper.
>I have used the geemail before on occasions and liked it.
>There is hardly any formatting issues, just type, a new line
>where images should be, press return till the cursor appears again
>and type on. Just one long scrolling page.
>A bookmorph is probably better for a prewritten text as you
>know where to put page breaks etc.
>I'm no fan of html, too much trouble with external images. I like
>the speed of just dropping the screen shoot where I want it, cmd-click
>to bring up the halo, paint with a red marker, keep the changes and
>just continue typing. It's really good for fast speed and workflow
>when dealing with multiple screen shots to work this way so
>one does not loose the impetus during not so much fun
>explaining :-)
>
>
>>  I'll go and have a nap and then see if I can follow the tutorial, but at
>>  a glance, the instructions seem fine. I'm sure I'll learn something from
>>  it!
>
>Hope you have a good time.
>
>Note to my self:
>A little better explanation of the project at the start would
>probably be a good thing to add, so the reader know which
>issues will come up and see where it's going. Maybe even a
>index:-)
>
>Thanks for your comments
>Karl


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