good responses to leigh blackall's complaints by Jim Tittsler and David Leeming on this Tuvaluans on Wikieducator thread (scroll down)
http://groups.google.co.nz/group/wikieducator/browse_thread/thread/410a6bb8eaf5aa66 (pointed out by Leigh himself on his blog) On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good summary. > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Jameson Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Here is my list of complaints from that evaluation, which was obviously > > using a 600-series OS version. > > > > not traditional desktop metaphor > > Fact. > > > no tabbed browsing > > I have a proposal for this which I've been meaning to mockup. I'm > adding it to my todo list now. > > > flaky wireless > > A lot better, these days. > > > some bad machines: difficulty turning on and peeling mousepad. > > flaky mouse > > has a mouse instead of mouse-alternatives (?) > > Hardware. (Still important, being worked on.) > > > popup menus too slow > > This is something we should look into. Actually, we've slowed down > their appearance since then, because we found that people were often > waiting for the menu, instead of clicking directly on the icon/button > directly. We've also added the right-click to reveal the palette > immediately. I think the current state is reasonable, but more > feedback on this is welcomed. > > > activity startup too slow > > Improving a little. > > > see address in browser bar should be easier (fixed) > > Yup. > > > hard to save to USB. Should be accessible from within an activity. > > Yup. > > > scroll bars too small, especially for subsidiary panes (interesting issue > > for grab key, BTW) > > Right. The grab key continually eludes. I know Erik worked on it for > a bit, but I don't know the current status or if it's possible to roll > it into a build soon. If we aren't going to have the grab key, we > truly are going to have to increase the size of the scroll bars. > > > I may have missed a few, but I think that most of these are either > already > > the focus of effort (and progress) or have been decided against by many > > here. The one I bolded is I think a useful one: why not have a "keep to > USB" > > and "keep to SD" option in the keep dropdown menu in the activity > toolbar? > > You're absolutely right, and that has definitely been the plan. > External devices have never gotten any polish; hopefully as we > redesign the manner in which they work and interact with the Journal > we can also add these types of features. > > - Eben > > > Jameson > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> FYI. > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Valerie Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM > >> Subject: [OLPC-SF] Not new, but needs to be addressed > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> This just in from a well-meaning colleague who was using XOs. There > >> are lots of issues identified here. There is a serious > >> failure-to-communicate. These are real concerns for many people and > >> this is what they hear. It is easy to dismiss this as Leigh's problem, > >> but it isn't his alone. Everyone of us associated with OLPC needs to > >> do a better job at bridging this gap. > >> > >> Are there good sources of information that address these issues and > >> guidelines that would ease the transition from PC to XO in situations > >> like this? > >> > >> > >> > http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/my-experience-with-olpc-in-tuvalu/ > >> > >> ..Valerie > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OLPC-SF mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name > >> And Children are my nation. > >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. > >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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