Yes, that's a fine baseline. As you point out, I had a hard time with the license field; enter what you like but please do include a full LICENSE file in the bundle that provides specific licenses (and attribution where required), image by image.
If you download an xol file onto your xo from a webserver that has mimetypes set properly (such as w.l.o) it should automatically install itself into your Library/ directory. I don't know about that page not rendering properly on an XO; what version of Browse are you running? SJ On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Ben Wiley Sittler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! > > A few questions, though: > > 1. Is there any reason I shouldn't start with your version 2 .xol as > my baseline? I'd like to update it to use the new lower-resolution, > lower-quality images (which still look just fine on the XO-1 even in > greyscale high-resolution mode zoomed out to the 1px = 1px scale.) > > 2. Is there some way to install the .xol more user-friendly than just > unzipping it into the ~/Library directory? > > 3. I notice that in the description on the wiki for the bundle you > wrote "fdl text, pd, cc-by and cc-sa images". Some of the images are > cc-by-sa and fdl, too. Also, the HTML text is actually pd (or at least > it was in the version I released — of course you are welcome to > license copyrighted derivative versions however you like.) > > 4. And finally, is there some reason the OLPC wiki does not work right > when viewed from an XO-1? I had to go through URL-hacking contortions > to open that page in Browse (it just said the page was empty > otherwise.) > > Thanks, (and please pardon my ignorance!) > -Ben > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ben -- >> >> When you're zipping up the directory, if you add a metadata file in >> this subpath: >> library/library.info >> >> and give the resulting zip file the extension .xol, you'll have an XO >> library bundle. >> >> Here is a sample info file, with all required fields : >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Yay-bee-see-library.info >> Note that the 'name' field in the info file should match the name of >> the root directory. >> >> Our standard is to increment the version # in the metadata every time >> you make a change; that allows tools like Sugar's software updater >> know when there are newer versions of packages available to install. >> >> SJ >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Ben Wiley Sittler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> yeah, i added a 1200x900 version with more agressive JPEG compression >>> which looks good both in color mode and in monochrome mode and is only >>> 4 MiB or so: >>> >>> http://xent.com/~bsittler/yay-bee-see-olpc.zip >>> >>> hosted version: >>> >>> http://xent.com/~bsittler/yay-bee-see-olpc/index.html >>> >>> does that seem any faster? >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Gary C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On 24 Nov 2008, at 17:21, Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I have just joined this list and read through the archives, but could >>>>> not find anything similar. I also didn't find mention of anything >>>>> similar on the OLPC Wiki. >>>>> >>>>> I recently wrote some software for use by my daughter on her OLPC. It >>>>> runs inside the Browse activity, either locally using a "file:" URI or >>>>> over the network. I don't know whether it will be of interest to >>>>> anyone else, but I have released the software to the public domain and >>>>> packaged it along with scaled-down (1600x1200 or less) copies of some >>>>> public-domain images and some copyrighted-but-free-to-redistribute >>>>> images under GFDL, and various Creative Commons Attribution-Share >>>>> Alike, Attribution, and Share Alike licenses. Individual attribution >>>>> for each image is included in the application source code. >>>> >>>> Seems a great addition for the younger age range :-) >>>> >>>> I did notice that even on a high specced laptop (1.5Ghz, 2Gb ram, broadband >>>> connection) the background image was very slow to display (until it had >>>> been >>>> cached locally). >>>> >>>> One suggestion, 1600x1200 seems a bit large (even as a max size). For the >>>> XO, 800x600 (max!) would seem to be a fair max image size to save nand >>>> space >>>> and keep image quality. The XO screen is capable of 1200x900 in >>>> black/white, >>>> and 800x600 seems a reasonable number for it's colour resolution abilities: >>>> >>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display >>>> >>>> --Gary >>>> >>>>> overview: >>>>> >>>>> I wrote some software using DHTML (JavaScript, HTML and CSS.) It's to >>>>> help learn letters and numbers, and is intended to be used with adult >>>>> supervision and involvement. It is fairly easy to customize it to use >>>>> different images and support different alphabets simply by editing the >>>>> contents of the <style> element in the HTML file. >>>>> >>>>> The software is very, very, very simple — it just echoes typed letters >>>>> and numbers in a large, colorful font and shows a somewhat-relevant >>>>> background image for each one. The images are various freely-usable >>>>> ones I found on Wikipedia or in the Wikimedia Commons. View source >>>>> code for full copyright information for the associated images. >>>>> >>>>> online version of the "Yay!, Bee, See" application: >>>>> >>>>> http://xent.com/~bsittler/yay-bee-see.html >>>>> >>>>> an archive of the application (ZIP, ~15 MiB) including all images: >>>>> >>>>> http://xent.com/~bsittler/yay-bee-see.zip >>>>> >>>>> blog post about it: >>>>> >>>>> http://bsittler.livejournal.com/15244.html >>>>> >>>>> background: >>>>> >>>>> My daughter (who turns two this week) has been enjoying her OLPC from >>>>> last year's G1G1 program much more than I expected she would >>>>> (originally I intended to wait until she was older and literate to >>>>> introduce her to the OLPC, but she seemed to treat it as a favorite >>>>> toy starting around the age of 18 months.) She likes the Record >>>>> activity (she calls it "Waving hand" and uses it like a mirror-image >>>>> mirror,) Skype (not bundled, but she uses it to talk to and see >>>>> far-away family,) and listening to music (theclassicalstation.org). >>>>> She also likes pressing buttons, rotating the "ears" and screen, and >>>>> opening and closing the laptop. However, she seems somewhat frustrated >>>>> by not being able to do things on it for herself (or as she puts it, >>>>> "do it self!",) so I thought I might write a small program where her >>>>> keypresses give some feedback, and help reinforce her interest in the >>>>> digits and letters of the alphabet (she loves being read to and >>>>> recognizes many letters and digits, but does not seem to understand >>>>> reading yet.) >>>>> >>>>> -Ben >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Devel mailing list >>>>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel