0004873: Can we remove the mouseOverHalo option? It is of limited use as implemented.

Notes
(0007091 - 665 - 787 - 787 - 787 - 787 - 787) lewis 09-13-06 05:12	The preference is critical for an important part of the user base and should be maintained and supported. Quoting from Kim Rose: "This preference was created especially for childrens' use and is quite helpful to kids first learning to work with sketches and manipulating them via the handles in the halo. Is there a reason that merely opting not to use this preference and saving an image this way will not suffice your need? Certainly for the "Squeak" image (vs. the "Squeakland" image) this may not be problemmatic as we advise any teacher, parent or child using Squeak to make eToys to use the "Squeakland image" which has this option. -- Kim "

(0007149 - 1081 - 1255 - 1255 - 1255 - 1255 - 1255) wiz 09-15-06 01:29	Hi lewis, Thank you and Kim for your feedback. I do consider Kim's word definitive. So there should be a way to get pop -up halos over sketch morphs. This does not completely close this issue. There are two other ways to remove this option. 1) To decide it can always be on. 2) To eliminate this by merging the decision it makes into a more global preference. Such as a Squeakland preference. Or maybe a Squeakdev, Squeakland, Smallland radio box preference. Then rewriting the decisions to check for the appropriate global preference rather than this one which applies in a very limited case. The story I am working on is: Squeak should have fewer preferences. Users looking at the preference should have some way of telling if they want them selected or not. A release should ideally test all combinations of preferences to prove its consistency. The last statement can't be doable until the number of global preferences is greatly reduced. Probably more doable is. Squeak should test as many combinations of preferences as possible.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
09-11-06 02:59	wiz	New Issue
09-13-06 05:12	lewis	Note Added: 0007091
09-15-06 01:29	wiz	Note Added: 0007149
10-09-07 02:53	matthewf	Relationship added	child of 0006635