"Masters Work Screens" (was Re: BZ 2138 (was Re: ANN: BreakpointNavigator Plugin release))

[Jerry Balzano]

Chipp,

I really like this idea.  (In fact, I think the prospect of it 
happening at RevConWest has just tipped the balance in favor of my 
going.)  I think an audience of learners (and we are all that, yes?) 
can get so much more out of a demonstration/description of a 
well-thought-out, natural-selectionally-evolved work environment as we 
are likely to find with experienced Rev users, than a mere set of (even 
clearly explained and cleverly rendered) "tips and tricks".  SO much 
better than a description of "umm, here, this button does this, and 
this menu does that, and this bit of XScript does that ....  The 
work-screen/work-environment hook provides an organization and a 
mnemonic for a potentially vast amount of useful information (IMHO).

Do it!

Best,
Jerry

On Apr 14, 2005, at 2:08 AM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Jerry Balzano wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I'll be in the minority on this issue too, like I was on Dan 
>> reporting on "third party" products and plugins (Dan, you never 
>> addressed the "looking over D Shafer's shoulder" mindset that I would 
>> think you'd welcome on the part of potential readers; omitting 
>> third-party products that you use all the time would at best weaken 
>> this possibility and at worst mislead ... end parenthetical).  But I 
>> thought I'd try nonetheless, both on this specific bug#2138 and on 
>> the general "get out the vote" aesthetic.
>> Not despairing yet,
>> Jerry
>
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Last year at the Rev Masters Summit, we showed a number of interfaces 
> from different users. Perhaps we should consider doing the same at 
> RevCon West. IOW, showing the 'work screens' from many different 
> developers with explanations..
>
> best,
>
> Chipp
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