Comments on: State of the Code http://snowedin.net/blog/2006/09/05/state-of-the-code/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:35:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Leo http://snowedin.net/blog/2006/09/05/state-of-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Leo Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:27:40 +0000 http://www.snowedin.net/blog/?p=707#comment-460 Every creature needs to rest. Giraffes, little babies, elephants, dogs, cats, kids, koala bears, grandparents, moms, dads, and hippos in the jungle - they all sleep! Just like eating, sleep is necessary for survival. WBR LeoP Every creature needs to rest. Giraffes, little babies, elephants, dogs, cats, kids, koala bears, grandparents, moms, dads, and hippos in the jungle – they all sleep! Just like eating, sleep is necessary for survival. WBR LeoP

]]> By: Erik http://snowedin.net/blog/2006/09/05/state-of-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Erik Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.snowedin.net/blog/?p=707#comment-459 Simon, Regarding directionality, yes, it should work. I was just noting for myself that it is something that should be remembered during the design process. And there are no plans for a second level interface. There probably won't be one initially at least. You're absolutely right about the clipart pane scaleability. And the screenshots are 640x480 because that is the effective resolution of the screen in color mode. To use the full resolution you need to be in grayscale mode. Simon,

Regarding directionality, yes, it should work. I was just noting for myself that it is something that should be remembered during the design process.

And there are no plans for a second level interface. There probably won’t be one initially at least.

You’re absolutely right about the clipart pane scaleability.

And the screenshots are 640×480 because that is the effective resolution of the screen in color mode. To use the full resolution you need to be in grayscale mode.

]]> By: Josh http://snowedin.net/blog/2006/09/05/state-of-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Josh Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.snowedin.net/blog/?p=707#comment-458 Nice job on the SoC! Congrats on a well spent summer. :-) If you're looking for kids in SD, check out the on-campus daycare at UCSD. I think you're allowed to use the kids for experiments, but you might want to look into IRB stuff first. Otherwise, you could stand outside Sea World or Legoland and ask for volunteers... If all else fails, let me know. I have some friends of friends with kids that I can get a hold of, most likely. Good luck! Nice job on the SoC! Congrats on a well spent summer. :-)

If you’re looking for kids in SD, check out the on-campus daycare at UCSD. I think you’re allowed to use the kids for experiments, but you might want to look into IRB stuff first. Otherwise, you could stand outside Sea World or Legoland and ask for volunteers…

If all else fails, let me know. I have some friends of friends with kids that I can get a hold of, most likely. Good luck!

]]> By: Simon Holm Th𧥲sen http://snowedin.net/blog/2006/09/05/state-of-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Simon Holm Th𧥲sen Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:40:52 +0000 http://www.snowedin.net/blog/?p=707#comment-457 A lot of good work and many interesting thoughts that I have a few comments and questions to. From <a href="http://snowedin.net/ideas/AbiWord+OLPC+Feature+Inventory" rel="nofollow">http://snowedin.net/ideas/AbiWord+OLPC+Feature+Inventory</a> "Paragraph tools (center, justify, columns, directionality) These are important document formatting and organization tools. But I'm not sure they have much educational benefit. Directionality is certainly going to be an issue for some countries." Shouldn't Abi just automatically take care of using the right directionality based on the locale? What is the plan for features that doesn't make it to the menu bar, are they completely disabled or accessible through a second level interface? With regard to the clipart pane I'm a little sceptical on how well the simple selection box scales when having, say 100 or 1000 items. It seems obvious to include a lot of pictures on the OLPC. Also, could you enlighten me on why all mockups (your's as well as other's) are in 640x480 when <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification</a> talks about a 1200x900 screen? A lot of good work and many interesting thoughts that I have a few comments and questions to.
From http://snowedin.net/ideas/AbiWord+OLPC+Feature+Inventory
“Paragraph tools (center, justify, columns, directionality) These are important document formatting and organization tools. But I’m not sure they have much educational benefit. Directionality is certainly going to be an issue for some countries.”
Shouldn’t Abi just automatically take care of using the right directionality based on the locale?

What is the plan for features that doesn’t make it to the menu bar, are they completely disabled or accessible through a second level interface?

With regard to the clipart pane I’m a little sceptical on how well the simple selection box scales when having, say 100 or 1000 items. It seems obvious to include a lot of pictures on the OLPC.

Also, could you enlighten me on why all mockups (your’s as well as other’s) are in 640×480 when http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification talks about a 1200×900 screen?

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