<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Maybe the 0.84 refresh of the Sugar manual is an opportunity to address this.</blockquote><div><br>I'd aim for a card or a 1 pager that helps you with your first time with Sugar. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> <br> -walter<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be" target="_blank">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Caroline Meeks <<a href="mailto:solutiongrove@gmail.com">solutiongrove@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >> Thats not how Sugar was designed to be used, but it is the conditions under<br> >> which it is usually evaluated. I think this is one of our marketing<br> >> challenges.<br> >><br> ><br> > +1<br> ><br> > I was flummoxed my first 20 minutes with Sugar a year ago (How do I<br> > save/retrieve a file?)<br> ><br> > Actually, I was also flummoxed in 1986 when I first used a Mac (How do<br> > I get a directory listing? Where's the CLI?)<br> ><br> > And in 1982 when I first used a PC (What am I supposed to type at this prompt?)<br> ><br> > But - I was *not* when I used my very first computer, a colorful<br> > Commodore VIC-20 which booted directly into BASIC. That's because the<br> > machine came with perhaps the friendliest little blue beginner's<br> > manual I have ever used (sample: 'Hit the "Return" key a couple of<br> > times to clear it out').<br> ><br> > Food for thought....<br> </div></div>> _______________________________________________<br> > Marketing mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a><br> ><br> <br> <br> <br> --<br> <font color="#888888">Walter Bender<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Sugar Labs<br> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>