On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
My apologies extend to the marsupials, should I have offended them with my ignorance. =) - Eben > 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