> It also needs to be decided how the available activities are > displayed. Initially we'd planned on simply launching Browse and > pointing to a predetermined URL (an "easy" way out, but requires > setting up the server side). That requires including Browse as part > of the base image. Another option is to use an extension of Bert's > script to fetch (potentially from a number of locations, if > necessary), a list of activities and format a list with nice icons, > titles, and short descriptions presented as a modal dialog
From the viewpoint of a G1G1 user who likes to "keep up with the Joneses", I am perfectly happy to fetch individual activities with 'wget' and to install them with 'sugar-install-bundle'. My biggest problem is simply *knowing* that updated Activities are available. I believe TWO sets of Activities need to be made available to users who are not schoolkids linked to a school server. One set I'll call 'stable Activities' - they are packaged in "Activity Packs" such as the ones for Peru or for G1G1. Users need a documented way to install these. If the build they have put on their OLPC does not provide Browse, they need a way to access an "Activity Pack". I will use 'development Activities' to describe the second set -- they represent the most recent versions built by their authors. Currently these are scattered on mock.laptop.org and dev.laptop.org and wiki.laptop.org (and others). I would prefer there to be a SINGLE repository containing the very latest level of each Activity -- barring that, there should exist an "official" list which gives the location from where the latest version of each individual Activity can be fetched. [The existing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities webpage lists a number of not-the-latest-version bundles. It is not suitable for a catalog of what I'm calling 'development Activities', unless more care is given to updating it as authors come up with new versions.] mikus _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
