[IAEP] Features wishlist from 2007

[Dave Crossland]

On 22 April 2016 at 20:31, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

> 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).
>

I agree, I already put this in the
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vision_proposal_2016 and have now made it
more prominent.


> 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.
>

Yep, I think this is wise positioning.


> 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.
>

I think for at least another 5 years, Sugar must continue to be workable on
the XO-1; and work on all XO laptops in the hidpi grey-scale screen mode.

I don't think this precludes 'gradients, transparency, shadows, and stuff'
but it means careful profiling of performance impact and careful visual
design.
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