a new user from etoys
Lex Spoon
lex at cc.gatech.edu
Thu Feb 6 16:59:03 UTC 2003
> >
> >Other things of note:
> >
> > 1. A menu popped up and wouldn't go away. I also see this over and
> >over again with the college students who use Squeak at GT. The new user
> >actually hit on using a halo to get rid of a menu, but that amount of
> >time and effort shouldn't be necessary for this.
>
> I'm not quite getting this. I think the logic is very similar to both
> MS and Mac in that the menu will go away if you slide and click (or
> is this just Mac?).
Mmm, after a little fiddling around it seems that the problem has gone
away by version 3.4. I'll send another email if I run across it again
in a current version. The problem *was* the one Ned described.
> > 5. It is unclear how to minimize a viewer flap. It didn't come across
> >to this person as a flap. Perhaps its related to the fact that the flap
> >icon is tiny. Maybe the first four viewer faps created in a project
> >should have HUGE flap tabs, and the tabs should only shrink when you
> >create more of them?
>
> I think this is good.
Okay. It turns out to be real simple, so take a glance at "Huge Viewer
Flaps" on Bob's SuperSwiki to see it in action. I just stretched the
viewer morphs taller for the first four flaps.
Lex
PS -- Please don't mistake the tone of my post. As always, it was VERY
exciting to see someone glued to a computer that, for the first time, is
under their control.
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