On 22 April 2016 at 20:31, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote:
> This is central to the 'vision'. In my 'vision', the goal is to promote > Sugar in the consumer world as an effective learning resource for learners > who > do not have access to computers or the internet (live on the wrong side of > the digital divide). > I agree, I already put this in the https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vision_proposal_2016 and have now made it more prominent. > There are many commercial and non-profit organizations which are trying to > show a snappy interface attractive to parents of children used to Android > or the iPhone. Sugar can easily become one choice among many - where most > have far more resources than we do. > > I think we have an opportunity to work to the original concept of olpc - > using Sugar to attract sponsors for deployments at schools or other > community institutions in the two-thirds of the world that does not have > effective access to the internet. > Yep, I think this is wise positioning. > The problem with jazzing up the interface with 'gradients, transparency, > shadows, and stuff' is that it demands more system resources without a > clearly commensurate value to the learning experience. > I think for at least another 5 years, Sugar must continue to be workable on the XO-1; and work on all XO laptops in the hidpi grey-scale screen mode. I don't think this precludes 'gradients, transparency, shadows, and stuff' but it means careful profiling of performance impact and careful visual design.
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