[IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Not new, but needs to be addressed

[Jameson Quinn]

Here is my list of complaints from that evaluation, which was obviously
using a 600-series OS version.


   - not traditional desktop metaphor
   - no tabbed browsing
   - flaky wireless
   - some bad machines: difficulty turning on and peeling mousepad.
   - flaky mouse
   - has a mouse instead of mouse-alternatives (?)
   - popup menus too slow
   - activity startup too slow
   - see address in browser bar should be easier (fixed)
   - hard to save to USB. *Should be accessible from within an activity.*
   - scroll bars too small, especially for subsidiary panes (interesting
   issue for grab key, BTW)

I may have missed a few, but I think that most of these are either already
the focus of effort (and progress) or have been decided against by many
here. The one I bolded is I think a useful one: *why not have a "keep to
USB" and "keep to SD" option in the keep dropdown menu in the activity
toolbar*?

Jameson

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Valerie Taylor <vtaylor at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM
> Subject: [OLPC-SF] Not new, but needs to be addressed
> To: olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org
>
>
> This just in from a well-meaning colleague who was using XOs. There
> are lots of issues identified here. There is a serious
> failure-to-communicate. These are real concerns for many people and
> this is what they hear. It is easy to dismiss this as Leigh's problem,
> but it isn't his alone. Everyone of us associated with OLPC needs to
> do a better job at bridging this gap.
>
> Are there good sources of information that address these issues and
> guidelines that would ease the transition from PC to XO in situations
> like this?
>
>
> http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/my-experience-with-olpc-in-tuvalu/
>
> ..Valerie
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