Regarding content, the advantage of the local "homepage" in the XO-1 browser as shipped from OLPC is that content is there in an understandable way even if the network doesn't work/isn't available. As compared with finding content in the journal, it is easier to tell what and why the content might be interesting. It really seems wrong to me to put all eggs in the journal basket for new users. I know that the journal is much loved by the sugar afficianados, but it actually is pretty opaque to a new user.<br>
<br>Regarding infoslicer, I think so much of sugar activities is math and science oriented, it is great to see a way that a teacher might create simplified content for kids to read. I hope, btw, that Infoslicer is enhanced to, for example, take as input an epub book, allowing someone to easily work on and produce a simplified version. There is a dearth of open content suitable for emergent readers.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Frederick Grose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
See <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Roadmap/Home_View" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Roadmap/Home_View</a><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Roadmap/Home_View" target="_blank"></a> --Fred</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Sebastian Dziallas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com" target="_blank">sebastian@when.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
Let me add some thoughts here, too...<br>
</div><div>...</div><div class="im">
<div><br>
> If its not too hard to change I think we should set up a wiki page where<br>
> we can discuss what should be in the favorites rings and potentially<br>
> update the image fairly regularly.<br>
<br>
</div>This is what I've tried to get off the ground several times, for example<br>
here (without getting a reply):<br>
<a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-February/012303.html" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-February/012303.html</a><br>
<br>
It admittedly concerned the list of included activities, and not only<br>
the ones in the ring, but it clearly went in the same direction.</div></blockquote></div></div>
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