On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Walter Bender <[email protected]>wrote:
> Maybe the 0.84 refresh of the Sugar manual is an opportunity to address > this. I'd aim for a card or a 1 pager that helps you with your first time with Sugar. > > > -walter > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thats not how Sugar was designed to be used, but it is the conditions > under > >> which it is usually evaluated. I think this is one of our marketing > >> challenges. > >> > > > > +1 > > > > I was flummoxed my first 20 minutes with Sugar a year ago (How do I > > save/retrieve a file?) > > > > Actually, I was also flummoxed in 1986 when I first used a Mac (How do > > I get a directory listing? Where's the CLI?) > > > > And in 1982 when I first used a PC (What am I supposed to type at this > prompt?) > > > > But - I was *not* when I used my very first computer, a colorful > > Commodore VIC-20 which booted directly into BASIC. That's because the > > machine came with perhaps the friendliest little blue beginner's > > manual I have ever used (sample: 'Hit the "Return" key a couple of > > times to clear it out'). > > > > Food for thought.... > > _______________________________________________ > > Marketing mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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