alice-teacher Alice 2.2, Version 8/05/2011, is now available

[Don Slater]

The latest update to Alice 2.2, dated 8/5/2011, has been released and is now available at http://www.alice.org.

Note the following changes in this release:

* The Mac OS X version is now a universal binary, and is compatible with the latest Mac OS 10.7 (Lion)
* The Mac version now creates a backup folder
* The download version with the "Learning to Program with Alice" worlds has been updated with the worlds for the Third Edition of "Learning to Program with Alice" By Dann, Cooper, and Pausch
* Added new models and updated the gallery
* Added the ability to create a 3D text as a parameter or variable.
* Added the option to enable or disable tooltips.
* Added the option to delete items in a list or array
* Fixed an assortment of problems that had been reported over the last semester

As always, please let us know of any problems you encounter.

All the best, and have a great school year.

Donald Slater
Alice Team
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
--- Henry David Thoreau