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I like this direction. It is how the original Xerox PARC and Star UIs
were designed (and how the current Squeak Etoys are set up) as a
reflection of some of the real implications of having objects: namely,
you should be able to mix and match all objects (including user-created
ones) on a DTP-like substrate, and "windows" are just objects
with boundaries drawn around them (and vice versa). <br><br>
(It was unfortunate that both Apple and MS forced the old
"application and files" approach on the newer object and UI
ideas.)<br><br>
One of the interesting implications of this approach is that the single
"desktop" in most modern UIs becomes "multiple persistent
documents where work and play get done". And this leads to a kind of
"SuperDuperHyperCard" like model that is also a better way to
think about the web and web authoring.<br><br>
Here are two white papers about Etoys. The first is about how we use them
to help children learn powerful ideas. The second has some of our media
experiments in the Etoy system. All of these are best printed out in
color and read on paper.<br><br>
A. Kay, “Squeak Etoys, Children & Learning,” Available at:
<a href="http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_learning.pdf">
http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_learning.pdf</a><br>
A. Kay, “Squeak Etoys Authoring & Media, Available at:
<a href="http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_authoring.pdf">
http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_authoring.pdf</a><br><br>
Right now Etoys runs as an app on OLPC, but it would be better to have a
Python-based version of this kind of integration as the fundamental basis
for doing things on the little machine.<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
At 11:31 AM 9/22/2006, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello:<br>
In
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/BrianMuhumuza/ToPaZ">
http://live.gnome.org/BrianMuhumuza/ToPaZ</a> there are interesting ideas
and desktop mockups.<br><br>
Gonzalo<br>
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