John Gilmore <gnu <at> toad.com> writes: > > > The second thing is basic UI usability. The pop-around > > menu border makes the UI > > thoroughly unusable with the trackpad > > http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4910 covers this issue and more. >
Yeah there's an awful lot in your ticket and I didn't notice it mention any of our particular problems. I don't think the frame is evil... my problem in this regard is simply popover frame + trackpad. You don't have the fine granularity with a trackpad that you do with a mouse and a younger child's fine motor skills are still developing in any event. Based on observing my daughter, it's not much of an issue with a USB mouse. But that's not the usual mode she works with the laptop. She pulls it off her shelf and sits on the couch with it on her lap. A mouse isn't an easy option. If anyone asks and thinks they won't be redundant I will enter a couple narrowly focused tickets. (popover frame + trackpad, and "reading required.") I know the slow-activity-start bug (5228) is already being tracked, though I am surprised it wasn't considered high enough priority to be triaged for update.1. If I had to pick a single most important high profile problem with the XO, the slow-activity-start bug would be it. It's impossible not to stub your toe on this one within the first 15 minutes of use. As a programmer, the problem calls into question the basic software architecture of the XO, in particular the choice of heavy use of Python and "abstraction layer"-type packages like Telepathy which weren't purpose built for resource constrained machines like the XO. That was likely a conscious gamble. My gut feeling though is that, directly addressed, this is fixable. Just a matter of setting development priority. -- John. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
