Wow . . . Bill Marriott, thank you - I got a lot more advice and help than I expected there - all of which is useful.
However, the relative program was written over a 15 minute period (mucking around preparing the graphics took ages) as a 'one trick pony' for kids who have little or no contact with computers (in Bulgaria most people cannot afford a computer) so would be quite unable to insert photo of their own relatives (one wonders how they would get the images into the computers - I have each group of kids for 90 minutes twice a week, and the main task is to teach them English - teaching kids how to work with a scanner, graphics prog. and so on is a whole different ballpark). I have been known to use much less 'heavy' scripts - but, while, eventually the return on them is super, the effort involved in thinking them through is not worth it for a quickie that will keep kids occupied for 15-20 minutes while I run through their homework. There is an inevitable conflict between my making elegant, potentially extensible programs and interfaces, and the fact that what pays for my bread and cheese is shoe-horning English into the tiny minds of 6-10 year-olds. I am sure that many other educators wish they had the time, energy and money to make really super programs for their educational needs. But they don't. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson ____________________________________________________________ "Its time to do Philosophy and stop worrying about what dead men said." Mathewson 2006 ____________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution