Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 23.05.2008, at 06:34, Alex Belits wrote: > > >> Right, it's to make a "big announcement" that addresses none of those >> questions, and provides no information that is going to be relevant to >> the public for at least two years (and likely longer because >> development >> timeframe sounds pretty unrealistic in the absence of massive >> volunteer >> support). >> >> If I was anywhere close to OLPC management I would recommend to avoid >> any announcements before they can clearly and unambiguously announce >> some kind of position and plans for continuing development of the >> current project that can be seriously taken as immutable for the >> foreseeable future. Especially announcements that require 3D mockups >> in >> place of actual prototypes. >> > > Well, if this happened behind closed doors then people would demand to > make it known ;) > > But seriously, the new design needs to be anticipated by the developer > community, development from now on should take into account the future > hardware directions. So I for one hope that developers will be > informed of anticipated hardware changes as early as possible. And > hopefully even early enough to give feedback. > > - Bert - A little off topic here, but I saw this cool video on how to make a cheap multi touch input device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpr3W-YmcQ With this, one could start experimenting with features and possible issues such a device brings up.
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