On 07.11.2009, at 04:48, Bill Kerr wrote: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@sugarlabs.org> > wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:10, Bill Kerr <billk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/browse/type:1/cat:107 >> > How come scratch is no longer available for sugar? >> > (the link is to the programming category of sugar activities) >> >> You mean Scratch was available in ASLO but isn't any more? >> > No but it should be there since Scratch has a far better UI than Etoys
Agreed on the "should be there" part. As for "better UI": Scratch does what it does incredibly well. If all you want to do can be done in Scratch then it is an excellent tool. Etoys is way more powerful, but comparatively hard to get into. OTOH Etoys does integrate into Sugar reasonably well, unlike Scratch. If platform conformity was the sole criterium for "better UI" then Etoys would win hands down, with its Journal and Collaboration support. But another, maybe even more important difference is that Etoys is an open-source community project. So if there is an Etoys itch you know how to scratch (pun intended): patches welcome :) - Bert - _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep