[Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2011-08-22

[Simon Schampijer]

On 08/22/2011 05:50 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
> == Sugar Digest ==
>
> 1. The OLPC XO 1.75 machines (beta units) are starting to be
> distributed to developers. This machine is ARM based, which means that
> it will have superior battery life once all of the fine-tuning is
> complete. It also means that it uses some different components, e.g.,
> audio circuitry, so there is some driver work to be done. But so far,
> so good.
>
> One of the nice things about the 1.75 is that the OLPC engineering
> team threw in a few additional sensors. Saadia Husain Baloch got the
> accelerometer working and I immediately wrote a Turtle Art plug-in
> (included with v114). Saadia wrote a fun 'etch-a-sketch' program in
> Turtle Art that works by shaking the machine.
>
> Not to be outdone, I added an enhancement to the Portfolio activity
> while I was on a short flight last week. If you hit the left side of
> the XO, it will advance to the next slide. If you hit the right side
> of the XO, it will return to the previous slide. The person sitting
> next to me on the plane told me, "That's the strangest thing I have
> ever seen anyone do with a computer."

Congrats, nice work!

Some thoughts on Portfolio:

Is there a way to reload the starred items for the slides? For example, 
if I do:

- star two items
- open portfolio
   (keep portfolio running)
- take a few screenshots and star them as well
- I want these to be added to my portfolio...

The latest item in the Journal is what is shown when you open the 
activity. I might have expected the other way around :) Maybe there 
could be a config option for that.

I actually wonder if just using the starred icons is the best way of 
dealing with it. How can I change the order of the items? How can I make 
different portfolios with another subset of items?

Regards,
    Simon