On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Cédrick Béler <cdric...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Little feedback too. > > I was surprised by the new download as some students had to install on > windows… hopefully, I had old win versions but it has disturbed me :) > Still handy and straightforward to just put an image on the VM. > > But…this being said, I just tried on Mac and this works nicely and this is > true that launcher makes the management of image clearer and easier.. > I don’t know about windows but I have to care about as 98% of students > uses Pharo on windows... > > I was thinking of some adjustments: > 1) maybe a default/advanced mode on the launcher to show only, as default, > Mooc/PBE5/Official distributions. > did you see that the Launcher already includes this? There is a Pharo Mooc item. > 2) a proper icon name to display in OS’s task bars. > When several image are opened, they should have different icons, at least > different name when hovering, and not only Pharo. > The PharoLauncher should be named Pharo Launcher :). Now we should get a nice icon. > > A more general feedback is about *cloud drive OS’s* (iCloud Drive, > Dropbox, …). > I have 3 mac’s (pro and personal). I put often files in a directory that > are synchronized across these devices. > - sometimes I get a message that an image are in different states > - sync image might be long (+changes) depending on network conditions > > I think the question is important as the launcher download in the Document > folder (OSX) and this directory is synchronized by default. > What do you think about such common situation ? What are your common > practices ? > - lets says on two Macs and works on both > - or I use a dropbox folder > > => cloud drive are cool and my impression is that we could take a better > advantage of them for data that could be shared between (personal) images > (Play-Cache ? Packages-cache ? … ) > ==> would it be possible to have several files for one image (chunked over > time so only the last chunk is modified and then less file would be > synchronized) - (I don’t know at all if possible) ? > ==> same for changes… but this one should be easier I think. > > => I also find longer to share pharo system the old ways - zipping (or > not) via USB - I think git integration produces a large number of files > that relies slows down system copy paste (if only image this is ok)… > > > My 2 cents, > > Cédrick > > PS: my experiments to make students use Pharo are very cool… I need to > adjust my presentations/lecture but already I think I succeeded in getting > more attraction (and potential results) than what I tried last year with > whatever technologies (Python especially). I still use AppInventor and > Arduino.cc. > > PS2: I just like what Sean said (but might be frightening at first for > newcomers ^^) *Pharo all the way down * > > > But just in case we step into the quicksand even further, in this dystopian > > future you can just copy paste this definition: > > Pharo is a Pharo app that manages Pharo images, which can be used to make > > Pharo apps, which can be used to manage Pharo images, [which can be used to > > make Pharo apps, which can be used to manage Pharo images]* > > > Haha, yes it is so fluid it cannot be described only be experienced > through prolonged exposure, it is truly magical. > > Actually, that is not so far from the truth. > >
