Etoys 5.0 intro materials

> Trying again, yesterday I sent this from my Gmail account and it didn't
> reach you, the developers. The ed team has a copy and Richo and Steve sent
> notes saying they liked the ideas. The attachments are just drafts.
>
> Hi,
> I have been following the conversations about the new version of Etoys, but
> I do not have a good grasp of what will be included nor how some it can be
> used. Still, I want to help and the attachments are two possibilities.
>
> Would a book be a good way to show all of the new features in one place? It
> would not add to the Quick Guides and would be highly visible. It could also
> have a section of bug fixes or improvements.
>
> One good thing about using a book would be, when the next version is
> introduced, that the blue cloud could read Etoys 6 and lead to a book for
> those features while the Etoys 5's book now could become of of the projects
> in the Gallery.
>
> I would be glad work with everyone to make a book like the attached draft if
> you would provide projects and explanations.
>
> The screen print attachment shows a way to introduce new things from the
> opening world.
>
> Balloon help that is consistent with the balloon help in this version is a
> good idea.
> Kathleen
>
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> The list of changes and fixes is quite long :-)
> I see 402 commits to the Etoys repository in my mailbox.
>
> I'm not sure all are so interesting that have to be featured, but
> quite a few are.
>
> Now we just need to compile the list of all the changes...
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Harness, Kathleen
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Trying again, yesterday I sent this from my Gmail account and it didn't
>> reach you, the developers. The ed team has a copy and Richo and Steve sent
>> notes saying they liked the ideas. The attachments are just drafts.
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have been following the conversations about the new version of Etoys, but
>> I do not have a good grasp of what will be included nor how some it can be
>> used. Still, I want to help and the attachments are two possibilities.
>>
>> Would a book be a good way to show all of the new features in one place? It
>> would not add to the Quick Guides and would be highly visible. It could also
>> have a section of bug fixes or improvements.
>>
>> One good thing about using a book would be, when the next version is
>> introduced, that the blue cloud could read Etoys 6 and lead to a book for
>> those features while the Etoys 5's book now could become of of the projects
>> in the Gallery.
>>
>> I would be glad work with everyone to make a book like the attached draft if
>> you would provide projects and explanations.
>>
>> The screen print attachment shows a way to introduce new things from the
>> opening world.
>>
>> Balloon help that is consistent with the balloon help in this version is a
>> good idea.
>> Kathleen
>>
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