Little feedback too.

I was surprised by the new download as some students had to install on windows�� hopefully, I had old win versions but it has disturbed me :)

Still handy and straightforward to just put an image on the VM.

But��this being said, I just tried on Mac and this works nicely and this is true that launcher makes the management of image clearer and easier..

I don��t know about windows but I have to care about as 98% of students uses Pharo on windows...

I was thinking of some adjustments:

1) maybe a default/advanced mode on the launcher to show only, as default, Mooc/PBE5/Official distributions.

2) a proper icon name to display in OS��s task bars.

When several image are opened, they should have different icons, at least different name when hovering, and not only Pharo.

A more general feedback is about cloud drive OS��s (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, ��).

I have 3 mac��s (pro and personal). I put often files in a directory that are synchronized across these devices.

- sometimes I get a message that an image are in different states

- sync image might be long (+changes) depending on network conditions

I think the question is important as the launcher download in the Document folder (OSX) and this directory is synchronized by default.

What do you think about such common situation ? What are your common practices ?

- lets says on two Macs and works on both

- or I use a dropbox folder

=> cloud drive are cool and my impression is that we could take a better advantage of them for data that could be shared between (personal) images (Play-Cache ? Packages-cache ? �� )

==> would it be possible to have several files for one image (chunked over time so only the last chunk is modified and then less file would be synchronized) - (I don��t know at all if possible) ?

==> same for changes�� but this one should be easier I think.

=> I also find longer to share pharo system the old ways - zipping (or not) via USB - I think git integration produces a large number of files that relies slows down system copy paste (if only image this is ok)��

My 2 cents,

C��drick

PS: my experiments to make students use Pharo are very cool�� I need to adjust my presentations/lecture but already I think I succeeded in getting more attraction (and potential results) than what I tried last year with whatever technologies (Python especially). I still use AppInventor and Arduino.cc.

PS2: I just like what Sean said (but might be frightening at first for newcomers ^^) Pharo all the way down

But just in case we step into the quicksand even further, in this dystopian
future you can just copy paste this definition:
Pharo is a Pharo app that manages Pharo images, which can be used to make
Pharo apps, which can be used to manage Pharo images, [which can be used to
make Pharo apps, which can be used to manage Pharo images]*

Haha, yes it is so fluid it cannot be described only be experienced through prolonged exposure, it is truly magical.

Actually, that is not so far from the truth.