I started to learn Python, but before I got very far version 5 came out and Python was dropped. I was excited some years ago when I learned about the Python interface in version 4. When I any significant scripting I have to copy and paste the JavaScript back and forth from a text editor, and even then you don't have tab completion for the API.
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An the lack of a decent code editor is another major issue. It makes debugging difficult, even if all you do on these events is to call a Global JavaScript function. Scripting is very difficult in GGB because the OnUpdate and OnClick code is spread out all over the construction. It has seemed to me for years that the developers tend to ignore somewhat the needs of power users. I really love GeoGebra, but do a lot of somewhat complex animations for presentations I give to students live. I hope the developers will continue to add features to GeoGebra 5 and 6 or present version 6 with the version 5 desktop view as an alternative.
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Playing football (soccer) on a field that is just 10 yards long with full sized teams won't attract the same players to the game. It is just not the same game and the more powerful players won't play in a field that is so constrained.
Having finished products that can work on the smaller screens is valuable, but to restrict all work to the small screen template and constraints is like playing a sport in a field that is 1/10th the size. One of the failures of the handheld calculator is that it does not afford adequate space for seeing some important mathematics or viewing more than a small number of calculations at the same time. Transforming GeoGebra into an app for smaller devices have both advantages and disadvantages. I agree with Jonathan and have the same concern that any improvements on GeoGebra will not be available with the version 5 desktop view. I have been using Geogebra for many years and I think it remains one of the best multi-purpose maths software, and I want to continue using it in the future. I am sorry if this sounds like a complain.
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I would greatly appreciate if there is an option to switch back to the old menu style in a future update (all of the old interface if possible). The point that I want to express is, the current interface works great for a tablet with a touch screen, but does not work well with a keyboard and a mouse. There are a few other interface designs that I think does not work very well with a mouse, but I don't want to make this a ten-thousand-word essay. For a large screen however, a horizontal menu bar on the top does not greatly reduce the working area, but has the advantage that it is always ready for access. The price for this design was a lot of clicking as mentioned above. This new design of menu was invented for a small screen on which you want to maximize your working area and keep your menus as small as possible. In the old interface, the user simply has to move the mouse horizontally. Moreover, the positions of the top-level items keep changing in the process and it takes a lot of aiming and clicking just to browse through the menu. If the user doesn't know what to look for and needs to search the menu, he has to click on each of the top-level items to read the lower-level items. If the user knows what to look for, it takes 3 clicks to access an item in the new interface (with a lot of mouse-moving), while it takes only 2 clicks in the old interface. The top-level items will be shown first, and the user needs to click on them to see the second-level items. In the new interface, the main menu will be shown only when the user click the menu button on the top-right corner. While I appreciate the efforts on bridging the experience across all devices, I would like to express that, I honestly think the old interface is much more convenient to work with for a desktop computer with a large screen, a mouse and a proper keyboard. Just re-installed my computer and found that the current version of Geogebra has a new interface.
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