[Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Walter Bender]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Laské <lionel.laske at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all.
>
> @Walter, PR is the best way.
> More precisely: clone Sugarizer, replace Turtle Blocks code by the new
> one, if possible test on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE) to
> ensure portability on all devices, then PR.
>

OK. Will do. FWIW, Tymon just fixed a bug that was causing issues on touch
devices so it should be a win for Sugarizer.

-walter

>
>      Lionel.
>
>
> 2017-01-06 14:22 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
>
>> Lionel,
>>
>> Congrats.
>>
>> Quick question: What is the procedure for an app developer to get a new
>> version into your distro? Turtle Blocks has made many advances since the
>> version you package.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Lionel Laské <lionel.laske at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste of
>>> Sugar for any device.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://sugarizer.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Main features in this new version:
>>>
>>>    - Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you type
>>>    will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
>>>    - Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
>>>    includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
>>>    - Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a
>>>    predefined libraries (Khan Academy, Canopé) or import your own library and
>>>    share it with others in the Journal.
>>>    - Shared Notes activity: A shared board where you could stick
>>>    Post-It notes and share it in real time with others using presence.
>>>    - Updated Etoys activity: Latest version of Etoys is now included in
>>>    the Sugarizer package.
>>>    - Windows 10:  Sugarizer is now available in the Windows Store [1].
>>>    So if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one click long from you.
>>>    - Performance improvement: script optimization and lazy loading of
>>>    data had dramatically improve performance in all activities.
>>>    - Better touch support: a new scrollable home view and a better
>>>    handling of long touch on touch screens of any size.
>>>    - Application size reduction: Sugarizer application size is now
>>>    under 50Mb.
>>>    - Portuguese localization: a new language support for our friends
>>>    from Portugal and Brazil,
>>>    - SugarLabs inside: Sugarizer source code is now in SugarLabs
>>>    repository [8].
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> New in Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "Sugarizer OS". Sugarizer OS is a
>>> way to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device. So you could
>>> have the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone that
>>> you've got with Sugar on the XO laptop. More specifically, Sugarizer OS
>>> features are:
>>>
>>>    - Directly boot the device on Sugarizer home view (no more Android
>>>    stuff)
>>>    - Full features and activities of Sugarizer (Sugarizer and Sugarizer
>>>    OS share the same code)
>>>    - Include both Sugarizer activities and Android applications in your
>>>    home view using favorites feature
>>>    - Launch Android applications from Sugarizer home view
>>>    - Journal will trace both Sugarizer and Android application launch
>>>    - Launch Android settings from the Sugarizer settings dialog
>>>    - Manage WiFi connection from the Sugarizer neighborhood view (like
>>>    in Sugar)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With Sugarizer OS, Sugar on Android is now a reality: enjoy the
>>> experience and spread the world with Sugarizer !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sugarizer 0.8 is available on: Windows Store [1], Google Play [2],
>>> Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5] and F-droid [6].
>>>
>>> Sugarizer OS for Android is available in beta here [7].
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                Lionel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Vishal
>>> Batchu (Speak activity), Shirsh Zibbu (Moon activity), Bert Freudenberg
>>> (Etoys activity), Jeremie Amsellem (Sugarizer OS), Michaël Ohayon
>>> (Sugarizer OS), Afmachado (Portugueuse Translation), Naofum (Japanese
>>> Translation), Christoph Derndorfer (German Translation),  Piotr Antosz
>>> (Polish Translation), Shubham Jaiswal (Arabic Translation), Samson Goddy
>>> (Igbo Yoruba Translation), Tymon P.Radzik (TankOp localization), Matías
>>> Martínez (Get Things Done, Chat Prototype and Markdown activity
>>> localization) - 4 students from Google Summer of Code and 5 students from
>>> Google Code In !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782
>>>
>>> [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_franc
>>> e.sugarizer
>>>
>>> [3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA
>>>
>>> [4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303
>>>
>>> [5] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclge
>>> hghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo
>>>
>>> [6] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.
>>> sugarizer
>>>
>>> [7] http://sugarizer.org/sugarizeros-beta.apk
>>>
>>> [8] https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugarizer
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
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>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
>>
>
>


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