On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:16:45 -0700, Derek O'Connell <doconnel at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hi Blake, if you are referring to my comment I never said anything
> about being "too visible". In fact I use Squeak-dev myself and agree
> with the suggestion that it, and others, should be clearly listed on
> Squeak.org. My concern, which I may be guilty of not stating clearly,
> was the apparent diversity of effort and lack of information about how
> all these releases relate, if at all. Eg, Spoon now being touted as
> the future Squeak, maybe so, I don't know but I do know it must be
> awfully confusing to anyone new to Squeak.
>
> If not then sorry :-)

I'm just pointing out that the issue may be more complex than it seems at  
first glance.

As I was thinking about it, and read Ramon's blog entry that Larry  
recommends later on in the thread, it seems to me that improvements could  
be made. (Despite the use of the passive voice here, I'm willing to  
help.<s>)

What if we had a guided tour? You know, "if you're brand new to Squeak  
and/or Smalltalk, here's a walkthrough of some of the interesting things  
you can do..."

It could go on to explain the relationship of Squeak to Smalltalk, E-Toys,  
Seaside, Scratch, even stuff like Dabble and Plopp, with screenshots and  
so on. There could be branches for exiting the tour once you'd found the  
point of interest. The tour guide could be the Squeak mouse....

This could be good PR as well as a friendly way to introduce people to the  
wonders of Squeak.

	===Blake===