Looks great! Good work :) El 9 de marzo de 2012 01:36, Manuel Quiñones <[email protected]> escribió:
> Hi Gonzalo, > > El día 7 de marzo de 2012 09:37, Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]> > escribió: > > We receive many times request about adding help in the activities, > > and if is true Sugar propose a exploratory approach, > > not all the people learn in the same way, > > and there are people who prefer a little guidance. > > > > For the development we need a simple api, and easy i18n, > > and a non obtrusive experience for the user. > > > > Inspired by the DescriptionItem, I was experimenting with a widget to add > > simple help to activities. > > This is not: > > * A manual > > * Lessons > > * Tips > > Is a short startup help for the activity. > > I think tips can be better than direct guidance. "Do this, then do > that" manner is counterproductive for exploration. Of course tips can > be ordered in a convenient way, is a matter of manners. Would be > better to see each section at once instead of a large scrollable list. > I imagine a slideshow with back/forward buttons. > > Also I think visual help can be used instead of text when possible, so > would be great if the widget allows it. Images can be understand by > early children, and are universal, so no need to translate. Of course > a little paragraph below the image can be convenient too. > > Here is a mockup I did for the same activity with this ideas: > > http://dev.laptop.org/~manuq/simple_help_mock.png > > What do people think? > > > Use only text and the icons already used by the activity. > > > > A example can be seen here: > > http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/images/simple_graph_help.png > > > > In the activity we only need do: > > > > helpitem = HelpButton() > > toolbar.insert(helpitem, -1) > > helpitem.show() > > helpitem.add_section(_('Basic usage')) > > helpitem.add_paragraph(_('First you need add data to create the > > graphic')) > > helpitem.add_paragraph(_('You can add data with this button'), > > 'row-insert') > > helpitem.add_paragraph(_('...or remove data with this button'), > > 'row-remove') > > helpitem.add_paragraph(_('To change the graphic title, just change > the > > activity title')) > > .... > > > > This proposal is late for sugar 0.96, but may be we can try it in one or > two > > activities, > > and start thinking about this topic. > > I really like the help in the Implode activity, but have the following > > problems: > > * I don't know if apply to other type of activities. > > * Is modal > > * need a lot of code to implement it. > > > > Comments? > > > > Gonzalo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > -- > .. manuq .. > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
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