[Sugar-devel] Appearance Customization

[Mike Dawson]

Hi James,

Well I've been working here in Afghanistan around 2 years on this one
now.  I am going to the schools, talking with kids, and meeting
teachers etc.  I live out here with not too many breaks back home!  I
have even gone to school in Kandahar...

For those of us who are involved with OLPC deployments on the ground I
think the demand is a little more apparent.  I'm saying I would
happily pay $100 just for the time that I would save from listening to
the requests for that feature.

That's what I find on the ground, that's what Bernie found on the
ground, and everyone I ask who has been implementing OLPC has found.
Not scientific but representative.

Regards,

-Mike

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:05 AM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 03:58:58PM +0430, Mike Dawson wrote:
>> Is that bountysource.com ?
>
> I don't know, sorry.
>
>> I guess this looks like we're talking
>> about a week of work to get it done.
>
> That's just my estimate, others may differ.
>
>> I will check out these bounty
>> sites this evening - but mine is up there?
>
> I don't understand the question, sorry.
>
>> Other deployments?
>
> I don't understand the question, sorry.
>
>> We all want it... Isn't $100 if you're on the ground pretty good value
>> just for the peace and quiet time we can get by people playing with
>> their colours instead of complaining about this one?
>
> No, I'm not convinced of the value.  There's much value in complaints
> and dealing with complaints in the relationship between learners and
> educators.  That interaction teaches much.  I'd like to know from a
> scientific analysis how many learners state a desire to change the
> colours, and how many of them have had experience with other systems
> (such as mobile phones) that allow customisation of that.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>