[IAEP] Sugar Digest 2011-12-01

[James Simmons]

Alan,

An Activity needs to be able to save to and restore from a Journal entry,
at a minimum.  If possible it should allow collaboration of multiple
users.  You cannot make a Flash game do this.  Running a Flash game or a
regular program with a Sugar Activity wrapper is like running MS-DOS
programs under Windows 3.1 using a PIF.  Either one may satisfy a
legitimate need, but it isn't something that should be recommended to
anyone.  The children who use Activities should get a consistent experience
from the Activities they use.

James Simmons


On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <
alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  > Please do *not* start making Flash based activities!
>
> I can, and if I want, I make some of them!
> Pure games or educationals games.. all...
>
> > Flash is non-free software, and even if the activities worked on a free
> > player like Gnash, allowing them would encourage authors to use
> > proprietary flash tools to make the activities.
>
> If flash is "bad", for what exist gnash ??
>
> If flash is too bad, remove gnash from the image of Sugar!!!
>
> Activities in Flash there are another tool to develop educational
> software...
> And like any tool, it generates its new possibilities, and its drawbacks
> (non-free software)
>
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