[sugar] New activity: Speak
Joshua Minor
j
Thu Jan 10 15:05:42 EST 2008
On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Eben Eliason wrote:
> This is pretty fantastic. I've enjoyed playing around with it.
I'm glad you like it :)
> One simple change that I think would add a lot is some color. More
> specifically, the XO uses a two-tone (stroke & fill) color scheme as a
> form of visual identity.
...
> Another nice touch would be to make the eyes follow the carat while
> typing, instead of remaining focused on the mouse
Two great ideas. Adding color will be super easy. I can make a
toggle between black/white and the user's colors. Is there a kid-
friendly sugar or gtk color picker, like the box-of-crayons one on
the Mac? That would let them play with the colors too.
I'll see if I can get access to the carat location easily.
> Finally, a subtle but
> wonderfully effective technique that a professor of mine often used
> for characters with eyes is to periodically return the pupils to the
> center of the eyeball. This creates a sort of dialogue between the
> character and the child, as it appears that the he is interested both
> in the movement of the cursor and in the individual moving it.
Neat! I want to make the eyes blink at random also.
-josh
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