[Sugar-devel] Colors in the rim

[Chris Marshall]

It makes a difference with the current sharing of
activities since various combinations of OS and
Sugar versions don't work on the XO-1.

With a number of XO-1 systems running 767 and 802,
I've been able to share activities 767<->767 and
802<->802 but no luck 767<->802.  Some of the issue
may not be Sugar itself but since for XO-1 users
the sugar versions available are limited by the
OS support of the hardware.

I've been watching the Sugar improvements and all
via this list.  Things have continued to become
more usable and functional for SoaS users.  However,
on the XO-1, there has not been as much accessible
progress (meaning something that one could install
on their XO-1 with SD card and would just work).

In an ideal world, the rim colors would not be
needed because only things that work would be
exposed in the visual interface.  Although, that
might make for some user frustrations.

Regards,
Chris


Eben Eliason wrote:
> 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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