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- From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi)
- Subject: Re: Need Example of Multi-media Software
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov13.220345.12357@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1e9qknINN4k6@werple.apana.org.au> <1992Nov17.220419.9704@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:52:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.220419.9704@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, senseman@lonestar.utsa.edu writes:
- > Hmmmm...... I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth, but here goes...
- >
- > I looked at SpaceTour when we got IRIX 4.0.5F and I looked again when
- > it was suggested as a good example of interactive multi-media. OK,
- > it is interactive and it is multi-media, but in my professional opinion
- > (I have taught college-level biology to about 9,500 students to date)
- > SpaceTour is NOT a _good_ example of an interactive tutorial.
- >
- > Like the HotMix demo, SpaceTour is too "cutesie". Basically the fancy
- > artwork detracts, rather than adds to the information content of the
- > tutorial.
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- In defense of both SpaceTour and HotMix, both are essentially
- interactive sales brochures, and not interactive tutorials.
-
- Your desire for a substantial multimedia publication for the
- Indigo is noteworthy. Unfortunately, SGI can't do everything
- by itself. I will forward your comments on to the people in
- marketing.
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- Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com
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