On Nov 14, 2007, at 22:37 , Eben Eliason wrote: > I'm talking, really, about interaction overhead. In order to see the > current time I should press a key, or make a gesture with the mouse, > or something similar. I shouldn't have to find the clock activity > wherever that might be, click to launch it, wait for it do launch > (however short that may be), and then close it again just to check the > time. I could leave it open all the time for later checking, of > course, but I'd still have to perform this exercise every time I > rebooted. This kind of things should really be a system device as > well.
I question the very assumption that continuously telling the time is even remotely important on a learning machine for kids in elementary school age. - Bert - _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel