[Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

[RJV]

On the downloads page, the text seems to suggest a camera -

This mode allows the user to view the live image stream from the camera.
Furthermore following controls and settings can be set in this mode:

* Capture the image
* Change camera settings like Exposure, Brightness, Contrast etc.
* Delay while capturing the image
* Digitally zoom the live image by 1X, 2X, 3X and 4X

Please clarify as this looks like an impressive activity and I would like
to use it in demos.

Anish, can you guide me offline on the types of telescope compatible etc?
Thanks!

Regards,

Jv


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Anish Mangal <anish at sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have received requests that the Telescope activity [1] be renamed to
> Scope, since, off late it has been used in conjunction with not just a
> monocular, but small microscope attachments (the kind which were
> distributed at the SF summit). In that light, the name Telescope is no
> longer widely applicable to the set of applications it is used for.
>
> I could see Telescope and Microscope as two different activities in
> the future with different features. For eg, in the Telescope activity
> you could have:
>
> 1. Dark Frame Subtraction
> 2. High-Gain Noise Suppression
> 3. Enabling the camera's night-mode.
> 4. Crosshairs on the screen
>
> Right now, none of this exists, and I don't have the bandwidth to
> develop those features. So, until that happens, I support renaming the
> activity to Scope.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> [1] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4481
>
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Regards,

Ravichandran Jv
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