People are far more likely to start just by downloading Pharo. Requiring the newbie to go read the book before doing anything isn't very welcoming.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K <[email protected]>wrote: > The counter argument is that PBE is readily available and very well > written. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 8:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New User Experience Suggestion for 1.0 > > +1 > > It should not be that dangerous, it's only matter of saving an image with a > workspace with the text in it. > > -- > Cesar Rabak > > > Em 07/12/2009 21:51, Tim Mackinnon < [email protected] > escreveu: > > > Guys - do you think you might consider bringing back the little Readme > Workspace in the final 1.0 image (or maybe 1.1)? > > For new users - the blank screen is a bit intimidating, and with Pharo > looking pretty good these days - I think new users are tempted to try it out > - however its not easy to get started with a blank screen. > > I recall ages ago (and maybe this was the old Squeak image) there was a > workspace with a few instructions - like the url to launch your web browser > against - and a comment with the username and password for administering > seaside. It's probably handy to have the url for Pharo by example as well as > the Seaside online book. And finally a few doits and tips for launching a > Class browser and common preferences to consider changing. > > I'm not sure if this is easy to do in your distribution script (hopefully > it is a script) - and I also don't want to introduce anything risky into 1.0 > (I am constantly anxious that some of the changes whizzing by are going into > 1.0 - and stability is of the essence to get a good solid release out). But > certainly it would make the initial new user experience that little bit > better. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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