On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Kevin Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:45, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd strongly recommend against eliminating the XO as the core element >> of the UI. It was chosen specifically to represent children, and to >> maintain the human/body metaphors where appropriate. Substituting it >> with anything other than a human likeness would be counterproductive, >> I fear. > > Is it possible to "split the difference"? It seems to me that by > adding "wings" of a sort to the XO figure, you'd be able to > approximate something that still looks human, yet also looks like a > sugar glider -- or a kid with a hang glider. Clearly related to the > original, but like the Red Bull commercials say "Sugar gives you > wings!" ;-)
I don't think so. That misses the point, which is that the children themselves—not flying squirrels, however cute ;) —are represented as a fundamental part of the interface. - Eben > -- > Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo > Washington, DC > http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ > _______________________________________________ > 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