[IAEP] Features wishlist from 2007

[Tony Anderson]

This is central to the 'vision'. In my 'vision', the goal is to promote 
Sugar in the consumer world as an effective learning resource for 
learners who
do not have access to computers or the internet (live on the wrong side 
of the digital divide).

There are many commercial and non-profit organizations which are trying 
to show a snappy interface attractive to parents of children used to 
Android or the iPhone. Sugar can easily become one choice among many - 
where most have far more resources than we do.

I think we have an opportunity to work to the original concept of olpc - 
using Sugar to attract sponsors for deployments at schools or other 
community institutions in the two-thirds of the world that does not have 
effective access to the internet.

The problem with jazzing up the interface with 'gradients, transparency, 
shadows, and stuff' is that it demands more system resources without a 
clearly commensurate value to the learning experience.

Tony

On 04/23/2016 07:56 AM, iaep-request at lists.sugarlabs.org wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:56:37 +1000
> From: Sam Parkinson<sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com>
> To: Dave Crossland<dave at lab6.com>
> Cc: iaep<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Features wishlist from 2007
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> I think that reducing the "interface prejudice" is an interesting
> question.  Changing the theme to use more gradients, transparency,
> shadows and stuff is very easy; we literally use the same toolkit that
> powers GNOME's interface.  The real question would be if we can test
> this feature; if anybody would be willing to do some usability testing
> in comparison of both.
>
> I actually think that some features contribute to the interface issue.
> For example, we only allow 1 activity on the screen at the time.  Maybe
> if we add the ability to split the screen vertically, we could appear
> more mature.  It would also probably be useful for many users.  I might
> draw up a design, unless somebody beats me to it.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam