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<noinclude>{{GoogleTrans-en}}{{TOCright}}</noinclude>[[Category:Release Notes]]
= Etoys =
[[Image:activity-etoys.png]]
== Introduction ==
Etoys is ...
* an educational tool for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways
* a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system
* a free software program that works on almost all personal computers
This activity is the Sugar version of Etoys, which is compatible with the versions running on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Homepage: http://squeakland.org/
More Info: [[Activities/Etoys]]
== What is new for users ==
After launching Etoys, its home screen is accessible using the "previous project" button. To return to the project you were in, click the "previous project" button again.
(Experimental) Projects can be published to the Squeakland website from within Etoys. To access this, hold down the the "Keep" button (for publishing) or "Find" button (for accessing).
[[Image:Etoys-Home.png|600px]]
==Getting Started==
Tutorials: http://squeakland.org/tutorials/
== What is new for developers ==
== Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n) ==
''Will be generated by the translation team''
== Compatibility ==
Etoys-activity v. 106 depends on etoys-4.0.2301
== Detailed changes ==
[http://etoys.laptop.org/src/NEWS even more details] [http://squeakland.org/updates/ excruciatingly detailed log]
4.0.2301 (13 Sep 2009)
* adjust squeakland publish/find/dialogs
* enable signup via web browser
* select the Etoys directory by default
* clicking directory expands subdirectory
* initial project renamed from 'Etoys Activity' to 'Home'
* better icons for load/save/exit
* add ScratchPlugin
4.0.2280 (9 Sep 2009)
* actually show squeakland in publish/find dialogs
4.0.2279 (8 Sep 2009)
* support publishing to squeakland gallery
* make look-like only available for SketchMorphs to fix various isssues
* fix saving issues under Sugar (thanks dgd)
* fix Save button balloon help under Sugar
* show crosshair feedback during patch-grabbing
* no longer write out the gif thumbnail when saving a project
* send utf-8 to SuperSwikiServer
* adjust toolbar under Sugar (show Next button, hide Fullscreen button)
* add display-mode menu to the world's halo
* fix ctrl/alt shortcuts under Linux
4.0.2258 (28 Aug 2009):
* Windows VM updated to 3.11.4
* Updated translations: de, el, en, fr, it, ja, sv
* Added translations: ar, bg, bn, ko, mn, mr, ne, nl, ps, ro, ru, te, ur, vi, zh_TW
* make launcher screen (clouds) accessible via back button
* fix viewer performance bug (thanks to Ricardo Moran for reporting)
* Kedama fixes
* fix refresh bug when objects are rejected and slide back to their original position
* initial screen has Japanese translation
4.0.2253 (21 Aug 2009):
* Mac VM updated to 4.2.1b1: allows to read files from image directory even when sandboxed
* Mac VM got a QuickLook generator: makes Finder show projects as their embedded thumbnails
* fixed Welcome and DemonCastle project scaling issues
* fixed jagged cursor on Mac
* made piano keyboard bigger
* prevent duplicate viewers
4.0.2247 (18 Aug 2009):
* updated translations: el
* Linux: fall back to OSS when pulseaudio is detected
* add button to toggle toolbar
* hide toolbar when loading old projects
* place viewer and collapsed objects below toolbar
* improved grab-patch tool and polygons
* store language tag and thumbnail in project
* wording improvements in several menus and help balloons
4.0.2229 (7 Jul 2009)
* fix demo project resolutions
* Sugar: add setup.py to please packagers
* avoid black screen flashing when switching projects
* set window title to project name
* split over-long "geometry" category
* better keyboard event handling in scripts
* various fixes
4.0.2212 (1 Apr 2009)
* keep temp names in textual scripts
* make it less easy to rip a BookMorph's nav-bar out of the book
* Linux: fix GStreamer playback (for squeak-vm with GStreamer-Plugin JMM.16)
== Credits ==
Yoshiki Ohshima, Scott Wallace, Bert Freudenberg
= Etoys =
[[Image:activity-etoys.png]]
== Introduction ==
Etoys is ...
* an educational tool for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways
* a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system
* a free software program that works on almost all personal computers
This activity is the Sugar version of Etoys, which is compatible with the versions running on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Homepage: http://squeakland.org/
More Info: [[Activities/Etoys]]
== What is new for users ==
After launching Etoys, its home screen is accessible using the "previous project" button. To return to the project you were in, click the "previous project" button again.
(Experimental) Projects can be published to the Squeakland website from within Etoys. To access this, hold down the the "Keep" button (for publishing) or "Find" button (for accessing).
[[Image:Etoys-Home.png|600px]]
==Getting Started==
Tutorials: http://squeakland.org/tutorials/
== What is new for developers ==
== Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n) ==
''Will be generated by the translation team''
== Compatibility ==
Etoys-activity v. 106 depends on etoys-4.0.2301
== Detailed changes ==
[http://etoys.laptop.org/src/NEWS even more details] [http://squeakland.org/updates/ excruciatingly detailed log]
4.0.2301 (13 Sep 2009)
* adjust squeakland publish/find/dialogs
* enable signup via web browser
* select the Etoys directory by default
* clicking directory expands subdirectory
* initial project renamed from 'Etoys Activity' to 'Home'
* better icons for load/save/exit
* add ScratchPlugin
4.0.2280 (9 Sep 2009)
* actually show squeakland in publish/find dialogs
4.0.2279 (8 Sep 2009)
* support publishing to squeakland gallery
* make look-like only available for SketchMorphs to fix various isssues
* fix saving issues under Sugar (thanks dgd)
* fix Save button balloon help under Sugar
* show crosshair feedback during patch-grabbing
* no longer write out the gif thumbnail when saving a project
* send utf-8 to SuperSwikiServer
* adjust toolbar under Sugar (show Next button, hide Fullscreen button)
* add display-mode menu to the world's halo
* fix ctrl/alt shortcuts under Linux
4.0.2258 (28 Aug 2009):
* Windows VM updated to 3.11.4
* Updated translations: de, el, en, fr, it, ja, sv
* Added translations: ar, bg, bn, ko, mn, mr, ne, nl, ps, ro, ru, te, ur, vi, zh_TW
* make launcher screen (clouds) accessible via back button
* fix viewer performance bug (thanks to Ricardo Moran for reporting)
* Kedama fixes
* fix refresh bug when objects are rejected and slide back to their original position
* initial screen has Japanese translation
4.0.2253 (21 Aug 2009):
* Mac VM updated to 4.2.1b1: allows to read files from image directory even when sandboxed
* Mac VM got a QuickLook generator: makes Finder show projects as their embedded thumbnails
* fixed Welcome and DemonCastle project scaling issues
* fixed jagged cursor on Mac
* made piano keyboard bigger
* prevent duplicate viewers
4.0.2247 (18 Aug 2009):
* updated translations: el
* Linux: fall back to OSS when pulseaudio is detected
* add button to toggle toolbar
* hide toolbar when loading old projects
* place viewer and collapsed objects below toolbar
* improved grab-patch tool and polygons
* store language tag and thumbnail in project
* wording improvements in several menus and help balloons
4.0.2229 (7 Jul 2009)
* fix demo project resolutions
* Sugar: add setup.py to please packagers
* avoid black screen flashing when switching projects
* set window title to project name
* split over-long "geometry" category
* better keyboard event handling in scripts
* various fixes
4.0.2212 (1 Apr 2009)
* keep temp names in textual scripts
* make it less easy to rip a BookMorph's nav-bar out of the book
* Linux: fix GStreamer playback (for squeak-vm with GStreamer-Plugin JMM.16)
== Credits ==
Yoshiki Ohshima, Scott Wallace, Bert Freudenberg