Thanks for the excellent feedback Ian, I'm wondering if there are really two different flavours that are required for the animations.
One would be for reference, no more than 15-20 seconds to remind a more experienced user how the verb/conjunction/adverb/noun works. In the case of + (plus) this might be a matrix/vector example that would emphasize the result and the fact that the natural rank is 0 0 after the argument frames have been matched. Newbies would not be expected to learn this way, but it may serve as a good reminder. The second version would be longer, with more cases (and audio) to list the different possibilities in order of complexity. This could run up to 3 minutes and would be a bit more like a lesson. Having one form try and serve both groups, seems like a poor idea, since the motivations and backgrounds are so different. Your thoughts? Cheers, bob On -Feb7-2010, at -Feb7-20102:22 PM, Ian Clark wrote: > Yes! Proves the concept. > > Marginal preference for putting the dumbells one over the other, to > line them up. But not if novices complain this looks too much like a > school addition sum (when Carry would be expected). > > Speed it up. >1 min too long IMO for an animation embedded in on-line > reference manual. 12-15 s. > > Vector doesn't need to be introduced in steps, but all at once. The > extended scalar does benefit from appearing in steps, suggesting a > count taking place. > > Music for a standalone presentation: yes. For embedding in a reference > page: no. I think the animation(s) could serve both purposes. Maybe to > run at different speeds. > > Ian > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 4:15 PM, bob therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the sustained effort Ian et al, >> >> Speaking of content rich. Here is a test for animating the + (plus) verb >> with a variety of arguments. There is no audio (yet!) as this needs to be >> timed carefully and requires the animation to be locked down. >> >> I welcome comments, this is a first pass. >> >> + (plus) animation >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfvs8o5kmyg >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> On -Feb7-2010, at -Feb7-201012:50 AM, Ian Clark wrote: >>> >>> As we compose these content-rich pages, the requirements for the >>> template will gradually emerge. But no sweat if we don't get it right >>> first time. So I suggest we just go ahead. Now! >>> >>> >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
