[IAEP] http://www-testing.sugarlabs.org/

[Sean DALY]

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Christian Marc Schmidt
<schmidt at pentagram.com> wrote:
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>>
>> Adding to the visual problems is that I don't have Helvetica installed on my
>> machine. I think I'm getting the standard, ugly Arial that comes with Windows.
>> Perhaps we can embed a Creative Commons licensed Helvetica clone in the site?
>
> Thanks for your feedback, Nate. Installing Helvetica is a great idea. Can we
> get an open source license?
>
>>>
>>> 3.  It never says what Sugar is.  "Sugar is a computer operating
>>> environment for students, designed to replace or complement existing
>>> desktop user interfaces."  The website never states anything plainly,
>>> opting instead for this long list of dull incomplete aphorisms, which link
>>> to phrases that are _still_ not valid sentences.  Even aggregating all the
>>> information in that list, I would not be able to tell you what Sugar is.
>>
>> I agree that there needs to be a promintently displayed page that attempts to
>> describe Sugar in a few paragraphs. I find the current list of ...sentences...
>> to be very intimidating for some reason. People aren't used to reading content
>> organized like this.
>
> I think we can work on making these keyphrases more succinct and meaningful.
> In essence, they attempt to describe Sugar dynamically (through the contents
> of the site) without the need for a static mission statement. If you have
> any thoughts on better keyphrases, please let us know!
>
>
> Christian
>
>>
>> Finally, let me say thanks to the folks who have worked on the site. It may
>> not be perfect but it's a great step in the right direction.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nate
>>
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