[Oberon] ETH Oberon website

[Alan Corey]

I, for one, don't think of Native as "relatively obsolete".  It's about
the only branch of Oberon I'm interested in.

Alan

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On -1 xxx -1, Ghost in the Machine wrote:

> 
> Hello All -
> 
> Had some time to wait today while sitting at a
> computer screen and decided to make good
> use of my time by reviewing the Oberon online
> documentation.
> 
> I didn't take notes on this as I didn't have that
> much time.
> 
> >From memory:
> 
> The listing of available versions of Oberon links
> to various versions without a great deal of
> explanation as to why a new user should want
> one versus the other is confusing.
> 
> The linking to Native seems inappropriate
> considering that Native is relatively obsolete.
> Not that Native/Beta is up-to-date but it would
> seem a better choice for those who intend to
> install a loopback (all in one FAT file) Oberon.
> 
> When reading the documentation pages online
> each part begins to explain some portion of
> Oberon then gets sidetracked with exclusions
> for various versions.
> 
> New users don't know or care about other
> versions and certainly don't need to be
> distracted by exclusions while trying to
> learn about their version of Oberon.
> 
> It seems there was no desire to write separate
> up-to-date documentation for each version
> so that all versions are crammed together into
> a confusion of exceptions.
> 
> Considering the diversity of file formats, and
> changes of command names I think it would
> be wise to have separate documentation
> and leave out all the exclusions?
> 
> Difficult enough to become comfortable with
> the use of a two button mouse on a three
> button OS without being constantly reminded
> that whatever version you use others probably
> are using a different version with a different
> file system and different command modules.
> 
> I could critique these pages line by line but I
> think anyone who looks at what is there objectively
> as a new user they would see what I see?
> 
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