RE: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-07 Thread Erik Beugelaar
-Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Mark Rauterkus Sent: zaterdag 7 mei 2016 04:44 To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome Hi All, I want to jump into this thread an

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Mark Rauterkus
Hi All, I want to jump into this thread and say "Amen!" In the months to come, with some luck with pending grants, I want to turn lots of high school kids onto LiveCode.org with various playlists and pathways and digital badges. Getting those newbie kids to get a smooth entry into LiveCode.org w

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread The Floridude
> On May 6, 2016, at 11:28 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
?? Newbie focus group? "we intended to do it already... But just didn't have time? " Yikes! Don't wait another day! No wonder the LC still has s many usability issues. BR On 5/6/16, 4:40 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Kevin Miller" wrote: >We will be doing this. We had intended to

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Earthednet-wp
Kevin, It's definitely a good start! Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On May 6, 2016, at 8:40 AM, Kevin Miller wrote: > > We will be doing this. We had intended to do it already but just didn¹t > have time before launch. Thanks. > > Kind regards, > > Kevin > > Kevin Miller ~

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Kevin Miller
We will be doing this. We had intended to do it already but just didn¹t have time before launch. Thanks. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps On 06/05/2016, 15:15, "use-livecode on behalf of Earthednet-wp" wrote:

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Earthednet-wp
Heather, Quentin's feedback is indeed fabulous. It is very difficult for experienced coders to write tutorials that work for newbies. This was a huge problem in the create-it course. My oceanography students schooled me in this and it was a mind-opening experience to look over their shoulder as

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Heather Laine
Quentin, this is fabulous input. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to document all this. You are absolutely right, its very difficult for a seasoned dev to look at LiveCode with sufficiently innocent eyes. Keep it coming! and I'll make sure Ali sees this too :) Regards, Heather Heather

Re: First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Quentin I’m sure the feedback will be appreciated. It is possible to contribute to the tutorial if you are so inclined. There’s more information on the tutorial system here: https://livecode.com/livecode-interactive-tutorials/ Cheers Monte ___ use

First experience with LC 8.0's Interactive Welcome

2016-05-06 Thread Quentin Long
Downloaded the stable 8.0 release, opened it up. What the heck, figured I'd try to work thru the Interactive Welcome. Noted some aspects of the IW that might be problematic for LC newbies. Since the IW is presumably supposed to be LC putting its best foot forward, and even minor issues could dis