Hi, I just uploaded (after several botched attempts) a new version which adds a LICENSE file with attribution and licensing information for each image. Does this look sufficient?
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Yay-Bee-See-5.xol I'm not sure what I was doing wrong before, but it seems to work with the new version. As for the Wiki problem, the XO-1 can't access the following Wiki page (it gets a message about the page being empty:) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Yay-bee-see However the following URL works fine: http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Yay-bee-see This happened both in Browse and in Firefox on the XO-1. Lynx and ELinks on the OLPC had no problem displaying either page, and neither did Firefox on a Mac. Thanks, -Ben On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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