Ric and Rob (et al), I have uploaded a new video considering the issues you raised. The story about Ctrl+F1 is Mac specific, or at least Brian Mac specific, but I found a workaround. I made the capture window smaller to get better resolution and I found a configuration setting for Forms to enlarge those fonts, too. Anyhow, please take another look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpNRpdDd_2I On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Rob Hodgkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree with Rick's comments. Brian, the new video is definitely > improved; voice and text are clearer. However all YouTube videos > suffer clarity loss when you switch to full screen. > > I suggest that such screen casts should be stored on our Wiki where > the selection for High/Low res can be made by the user. The lower res > shot can be mirrored to YouTube. The higher res is definitely > worthwhile. A page could be created on the Wiki to start to compile > such screen casts, then people can contribute (like Package Manager). > > .../Rob > > On 20/03/2009, at 7:14 AM, Sherlock, Ric wrote: > >> I agree that screen casts are potentially a powerful way of >> attracting new users to J. I also agree that it is things like >> workflow - showing how to go about solving a problem in J - that >> will be of most benefit. >> >> A couple of comments related to the use of F1. >> * Ctrl+F1 is truly context-sensitive - takes you straight to the >> dictionary page related to the primitive of interest. >> * it is better to place the cursor before the primitive of interest >> - if the cursor is between two primitives it chooses the one to the >> right. >> >>> >>> Well, I am going to leave the original screencast on Youtube for a >>> while, but I believe the "... (again)" replacement is better. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6F-6jh5WA >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- (B=) <-----my sig Brian Schott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
