[IAEP] Help activity was Re: deployment team meeting?

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

Hi Tomeu.



On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Tomeu Vizoso<tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 05:47, Rafael Enrique Ortiz
> Guerrero<dirakx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i agree with yama.
>>
>>
>> Would be ok to put help icon
>> directly on the main frame ?
>
> You mean the frame or the favorites view?

I meant the frame.

For older users with better
> trackpads and bigger screens, they may need help to find the frame ;)

right. favorites view will be better then,


>> and also transform it to connect directly with for example tools like
>> launchpad, track and idea.sugarlabs.org ?.
>
> Any ideas about what the UI would look like?

Not much, i'm not a good ui designer.=).




> Thanks,
>
> Tomeu
>
>>
>>
>> Rafael Ortiz
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka<yamaplos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what about seeding Sugar with a more appealing access to Help, also in
>>> such a way that it also encourages feedback?
>>>
>>> (I already had pointed that the access to help has to be more visible to
>>> be useful, and then part of its functioning would be to encourage actual
>>> users to speak)
>>>
>>> Yama
>>>
>>> Walter Bender wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tomeu Vizoso<tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> would like to propose a meeting to talk about how deployments can
>>>>> provide better feedback and how we can process it so developers and
>>>>> the rest of Sugar Labs can prioritize their work accordingly.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it sound?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomeu
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Alas, this is the sort of mindset we are working with:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Walter,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have continued working closely with the pilot school and have
>>>>> gotten a lot of insight into what the teachers want/need. Right now
>>>>> our calendar is pretty full so joining IRC meetings isn't really
>>>>> feasible.  We will, however, pass on requests when it seems like
>>>>> there's a demand for something to help make the Sugar more
>>>>> relevant in the classroom.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope that there will be more useful information come out of the
>>>>> NSF funded ICAC (Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum)
>>>>> grant that we are a part of.  It will disseminate information related
>>>>> to findings in the schools and we'll be glad to let you know in
>>>>> advance when publications become available.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not convinced that better reporting tools are going to help with
>>>> attitudes such as this. We need a way to get past the deployment
>>>> gatekeepers and the academics and talk directly with teachers and
>>>> students.
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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