Great idea !

Lorenzo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Pierce" <john.raymond.pierce at gmail.com>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: "A Word of Caution" to all newcomers


> Hi all,
>
> I just figured I'd go get the latest Squeak 3.8 beta to keep up with
> the latest ideas and I am reminded once again how *scary* and daunting
> Squeak looks when first opening a new image.
>
> While I could rant about the initial window style and font choices, I
> know there is a desire to integrate Diego's L&F into the base image --
> that would be a good move IMO, but that is not what I want to discuss.
>
> So what I'd rather rant about is this little window that is in orange
> at the top of the screen that says "A Word of Caution..."  It seems
> extremely uninviting and raises the hair on my back until I remember
> this is just Squeak and not something dangerous or toxic that I've
> just downloaded.
>
> So I breath a sigh of relief and remember to just close the window and
> move along (also, the message inside the window is very uninviting and
> discourages folks from exploring this *overwhelming* system).
>
> Couldn't we do something instead that invites folks in for a stay for
> while?  How about replacing the window with the following window if it
> is still important to direct folks in educational realms to SqueakLand
> (or see screen shot attachment):
> ------------
> | A note to students, parents, and teachers |
> ------------
> If you are a student, parent, or teacher looking for well-documented
> and easy-to-use educational software, you may want to visit
> SqueakLand.org, where you can find some great educational projects
> built in Squeak, but delivered in an easier-to-use distribution of
> Squeak.
>
> If you are still eager to explore this base distribution of Squeak,
> there is lots of help available in the form of web-accessible
> tutorials and documentation and on-line via the Squeak mailing list
> from numerous knowledgeable users of Squeak. Access to the mailing
> list can be found at:
> http://squeak.org/documentation/index.html#mailing.
> ------------
>
> Oh yeah, a light green color to the window seems better than the
> "cautionary orange neon danger color".  Anyways -- not to start a
> debate or ruffle any feathers, but I think a change like this would
> say the same thing as the former message and not cause any anxieties
> to newcomers (and oldcomers alike).
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John
>
> -- 
> If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. --
> Albert Einstein
>


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