[Sugar-devel] Colors in the rim (Re: sugaronastick.com (was Re: Beta Test of Sugar on a Stick Backup Service.))

[Eben Eliason]

There just aren't enough possibilities for uniqueness with only one
color. The pair as an identifier of the individual needs to stay, I
think.

We could, perhaps, expose that kind of information in the secondary
palette for XOs since it seems it would serve a purpose for some. I
don't think it's a detail kids are going to need much, especially in
local groups or schools where the distribution will be the same, so I
wouldn't expose it more than necessary.

Out of curiosity, to what extent is this a problem? Most activities
should function fine across distributions, I would think.

Eben


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
<satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
> Luke:
> I am thinking more of the usage case of community jabber users.
>
> (There are differences in how different distributions applications
> collaborate and function.)
> One could then know which features are available if you invite someone to an
> activity.
>
> This would be more useful in a non- XS situation where all people on the
> neighborhood
> are not using the same Sugar-Desktop.
>
> Thus by looking at the rim color a Sugar User would immediately have this
> information.
> The inside color of the XO would still be chosen by the user, and be
> variable.
>
> Tom Gilliard
>
> Luke Faraone wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 18:35, Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com
>
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I also wish that the range of rim colors available for the XO choice in F1
> Neighborhood would distinguish what Distribution they are based on...
>
>
> I'm just curious, but how is this relevant to the end user? Most students
> probably wouldn't care about what distro their friends are using.
>
>
>
>
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