On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:02:03AM -0800, Kevin Jarrett wrote: > Bill, > TuxPaint is *AWESOME* !!! I teach in an elementary school and we > have installed the software in our computer lab. I wish I could have > had my digital voice recorder running when I introduced the software > to the kids. They went absolutely wild! You would have loved to hear > them I'm sure.
Man, I love stories like that!!! :^) > We had v0.9.12 and just upgraded to v0.9.13, the new features are > amazing. We especially love the stamps and the sound effects. The GUI > is very intuitive, I've got kindergarten kids coming up with the most > amazing abstract art. Teachers love it too, they all look at me like I > have three heads when I tell them it's free software. I then try to > explain open source to them and their eyes glaze over, LOL... Hehe, do you mind if I quote you on the 'Reviews' page? :^) :^) > Anyway, my questions and requests: > 1) We are seeing a few pesky stability problems, not sure why. We > are using P4 Gateways with 128mb RAM, 16mb video cards running @ > 800x600x16, Win98SE. The lab is networked, but all copies are > installed locally. There is no consistent pattern to the crashes, but > most seem to do with using the brush panel (different things each > time). Usually the app just abruptly exits, but sometimes it locks > hard (requiring a cold boot). Is there anything I can do to help > determine what's going on? Thanks to John, and as mentioned, I think I've got this fixed. I think the bug's been there the whole time, but only it really cropped up thanks to the fact that I added a few extra default brushes recently. I'm sure Stamps -> Text, then scroll, would have done the same thing. I think most of the time kids stick to stamps and paintbrush, though. :^) I'll see if I can get 0.9.14 out the door soon. > 2) We get a lot of kids printing by accident. A confirmation screen > after the Print button is pressed would help. Similar to the "Sure you wanna quit?" I can do that. :^) > 3) If the eraser could be resized, that would be great. #1 most requested feature change. I hope to get off my backside and do it for 0.9.14 ;^) > 4) We can't find Pluto! Was it left out for a reason? This has been discussed. I believe it was Justin who answer. Whoever it was... they were spot on. I couldn't find a good picture of Pluto. :^) I'll see if I can dig SOMETHING up to throw in there, though. I always have been unhappy that it's been missing. :^/ > 5) Some automotive/transportation stamps would be great. Also, people. Justin seems to be on it. Justin, I checked out your screenshot, so far. Looks AWESOME! I'll probably commit them to CVS tonight. :^) > That's all for now. Thanks for such an amazing program! No prob! Thanks for the feedback!!! Spread the word, if you can. ;^) -bill! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got kids? Get Tux Paint! http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ http://newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
