Re: Burrokeet presentation

Richard Hamel-Smith wrote:
> So, here's the thinking. Suppose instead of requiring people to learn 
> ANYTHING about Burrokeet, we use Burrokeet to create a template for a 
> school.
> 
> Let's say, a schedule of events during the term, a message board for all 
> those innumerable letters asking for MORE MONEY, a sports page with 
> places to stick your school's prize winning photos, a year book page so 
> you can forget who you went to school with, etc. etc.


Hurrah - a use case - listen to the experience just oozing out of 
Richard here!

> Now I, being lazy AND fat, have only ever learned the barest amount of 
> HTML, no Javascript and Java, suggest that those words should NEVER 
> appear anywhere in the documentation of Burrokeet. The only words the 
> target audience should ever see are "point-and-click", "drag-and-drop", 
> "cut-and-paste", etc. (Yes, those are words, Oxford is just slow again)

We go one better - no HTML either, choose your tool for developing 
content - word, open office, wiki - even plain old text.

> So the Burrokeet presentation lasts longer than 5 minutes, requires the 
> user to do anything more than type and drag pictures with a mouse, it's 
> a lost cause.
> 
> My 2 cents.

I'd say a good few hundred dollars worth actually!

Ross

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