> ... and then they got puzzled, asked someone else, downloaded the proper > one and learnt something about software in the process ... isn't that part > of the reason you get students to download it themselves? No. That could be part of the learning process for some tutorials, but in my case I wanted the tutorial to start from opening the program, not downloading it. In my class of five just over five mnutes was wasted downloading and installing Pure Data for four students.
If the proposed change means that I can save five or more minutes then I fully support moving the source code download to the bottom of the page Antonio On 30 September 2012 05:19, Simon Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30/09/12 05:40, Antonio Roberts wrote: >> >> This has also happened to me on a couple of occasions. They saw that >> it was for all platforms and so downloaded it, regardless of operating >> system > > > ... and then they got puzzled, asked someone else, downloaded the proper > one and learnt something about software in the process ... isn't that part > of the reason you get students to download it themselves? > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list -- ============================ [email protected] http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
