[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] ASLO Suggestion

[Gary C Martin]

On 11 Jun 2009, at 08:37, Aleksey Lim wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Let me finalize this "What tags we should use for GCompris/Fructose/ 
> etc"
> discussion :)
>
> New AMO version and incoming ASLO v3 version have collections feature
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections
>
> I think we can move tags GCompris and Fructose(Core, etc) to  
> collections
> moreover every user/deployer/editor could create theirs own  
> collections.
>
> Is it the way to go?

Yes this seems to be a solution. Allows the tags (categories) to be  
simple and learner friendly, while collections can be used for for the  
rest (collections are a secondary site UI, so don't clutter up the  
main site unless you visit their page).

Regards,
--Gary

> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:31AM -0500, James Simmons wrote:
>> The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me
>> about the design of the site from the beginning.  The site does not  
>> do a
>> good job of showing just how much is available.  When you click on a
>> category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly  
>> picked
>> at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only  
>> ones
>> available in the category.  Yes, there is a link to show everything  
>> in
>> the category.  It's not that you can't find anything if you really  
>> want
>> to.  It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has.
>>
>> What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a  
>> prominent
>> place on the page.  When you first come into the site and no  
>> category is
>> selected you should see something like "500 Great Activities
>> Available!"  Choose a category like Documents and the line would read
>> "10 Activities In This Category."
>>
>> The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities.  We
>> need to put more thought into what gets recommended.  Currently one  
>> of
>> the Activities that is recommended is Read.  Now an XO owner or SoaS
>> user already has Read, so why recommend it?  Is there some reason I
>> should remove the Read I already have and install this one?
>>
>> Recommended Activities should promote Sugar.  They should meet the
>> following criteria:
>>
>> 1).  Fairly robust.
>> 2).  Not included by default with anything.
>> 3).  Should do something interesting.  Think of the iPhone  
>> commercials
>> that show all the apps that are available.  Why not recommend  
>> something
>> like Food Force or Story Builder?
>>
>> I also question the category GCompris.  I understand these Activities
>> are related to each other, but the relationship would not be  
>> meaningful
>> to a teacher or a student.
>>
>> A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better.
>>
>> James Simmons
>>
>>
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> Aleksey
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