[Sugar-devel] [OUTREACH] [DESIGN] Sugar for smartphones

[Ryan Cunningham]

I've updated the virtual keyboard layouts for English. Here's the new link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0xghowe0965swt/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%203%2020%2005%20PM.jpg

This update adds a missing Backspace key for the "additional symbols" keypad, and adds descriptions for all non-alphanumeric symbols that do not have descriptions.

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 24, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbrly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You could go Ubuntu's way and use Qt with QML:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QML
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(framework)
> 
> Other than that, Sugar for tablets (as you proposed) can use the existing Sugar interface, including swiping from the center to a corner or edge to access the Frame; but one should also be able to touch that corner or edge directly and see the Frame.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Feb 24, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Sam Parkinson <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ryan,
>> 
>> Sugar on a phone could be cool! The implementation would prove tough since android != gnome. Also many activities would need to have their ui redesigned so they fit on a phone.
>> 
>> One more thing, are phones used a lot in edu? Down in Australia we have a lot of tabs in schools, but not phones :( Maybe you could change that!
>> 
>> Sam
>> 
>>> On Feb 25, 2014 5:50 AM, "Ryan Cunningham" <rvskmbrly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> To all members:
>>> 
>>> I would like to suggest a version of Sugar that can be used in a smartphone; such usage will help spread your user base.
>>> 
>>> This system should be called "Sugar on a Phone" (translators: "Sugar" should not be translated); it should be based on Android 4.4 "KitKat" (code name based on a trademark of Mars, Inc., with no infringement intended; this was the latest stable version of Android for smartphones as of the time of writing).
>>> 
>>> The following control panels should exist:
>>> 
>>> 'About Me'
>>> 'About My Phone'
>>> 'Background'
>>> 'Date and Time'
>>> 'Keyboard'
>>> 'Language'
>>> 'Network'
>>> 'Power'
>>> 'Phone Services'
>>> 'Software Update'
>>> 'Web Services'
>>> 
>>> Users should speed-dial "1" to receive any voice mail. There should not be a Frame; instead, all the information which would be on the Frame will be in an information screen.
>>> 
>>> Mock-ups are linked below:
>>> 
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6a9fpuf4y46o49/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2020%2059%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9bhntp7awhiqx4/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2022%2059%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/al0fxw9bhw9u889/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2023%2032%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qfgvocsfu4rdxw/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2024%2008%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvzx8vzg1rgfpfx/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2024%2042%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/yyuhkprwxvxycj5/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2025%2022%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bg89bjwfp870ca/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2026%2009%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/39nfbugld8o0roh/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2027%2003%20AM.jpg
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ojrw96yhfqst7h8/Photo%20Feb%2024%2C%2010%2027%2042%20AM.jpg
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
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