#6725 NORM Never A: Event theatre in etoys needs better user interface

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#6725: Event theatre in etoys needs better user interface
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 Reporter:  gdsteiner       |       Owner:  etoys         
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  etoys-activity  |     Version:                
 Keywords:                  |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                  |   Blockedby:                
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 It seems, that the event theatre is a wonderful new tool, but sadly  it is
 not possible to find out how it should/could work. There are to many
 irritating terms in the menus and help texts especally in the event-roll.
 I can record and publish a small test animation, but I had to give up when
 I wanted to create little bit more complex animation with the event-roll.

 1. Help texts needs rework
 The description of the ways for publishing an event-film seems outdated.
 Are the following terms really all necessary to create a small animated
 tutorial? If no please use only one of them in the help text. If yes,
 please explain the differences in the help text:
 event theatre / event recorder / event recording / event film
 event-roll / event tape

 2. It is not clear how to really use the tracks in the event-roll. How to
 integrate sound files or other films? How to reposition them with the
 mouse. What does "update scrollbar" and "update cursor" mean.

 3. The menu "Recording options" has entrys for event tape and  event roll.
 Are they both necessary, what's the difference?

 4. The menu "Recording Options" -> "more..." shows several inspect xxx
 items. Are they all necessary, what's the difference? There are menu
 items, which don't work.

 5. Some buttons and baloon helps are not translatable:
 Event theatre
 record baloon help "Start recording"
 Text while recording "Hit ESC to stop recording"
 publish baloon help "When you hit this, you will be handed a button which,
 when it is clicked, will open up ..."
 "Record Again" + baloon help "Abandon existing recording and start a new
 one.)
 rewind baloon help "Reset to the starting condition for this recording"
 play button baloon help "Replay this sequence"
 "Start recording voiceover" + help baloon
 "Stop recording voiceover"  + help baloon

 event theatre - missing translations while playback
 baloon help "Temporarily pause this playback"
 baloon help "Stop playing or recording this panel"
 dialog window title "The current recording has not been saved, and will be
 lost if you do this; are you sure you want to proceed?

 event theatre player - halo menu
 "auto start"
 "auto dismiss"

 event-roll main window
 "mouse"
 "keyboard"
 "media"
 help text for event roll shows up in etoys.pot, but not while running
 event-roll

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6725>
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