Re: [Sugar-devel] Zooming User Interface

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
Hi Gonzalo Thank you very much for the links. Indeed, this is a Zoom Metaphor, but somehow I think that it is not a true ZUI metaphor, because a user can only jump from one view to the other and can not zoom inside a single view. Also, applications like the Journal are not part of the Zoom

Re: [Sugar-devel] One for Grandma and Grandpa

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
Hello Martin My friend, how are you doing? Please, could you sent e-mails that are on-topic, because other persons on this mailing list already have complained several times about the point with the legal issues? Besides this, I already answered to your points in the e-mails, I have sent

Re: [Sugar-devel] One for Grandma and Grandpa

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
Paul: As you say it in this way, it is not quite right. For sure we did research and development, as well as design and other tasks, as it is usual and have to be done in the first phases of every project. Otherwise it is not possible to create such a concept at all, obviously. Also, it is

Re: [Sugar-devel] HTML 5 chapters for Make Your Own Sugar Activities!

2014-03-02 Thread Lionel Laské
Hi James, Nice to hear that you've been inspired by the book and by HTML5 for Sugar. Hope that we'll be more and more people each day to transform Sugar Web into a first-class platform. Of course, there has been lot of progress on this stuff since the book. BTW most/all progress are about Sugar

Re: [Sugar-devel] SocialCalc project backgrounder

2014-03-02 Thread Lionel Laské
Nice ! Didn't know it exist. You've been one of the ancestor of the Sugar Web ! - after Wikipedia activity of course. It could be interesting to join it with the idea to develop a Write-activity like using WebODF [1]. So we could add a word processor plus a spreadsheet fully written in web.

Re: [Sugar-devel] One for Grandma and Grandpa

2014-03-02 Thread imm
I wonder who is off-topic here? I doubt that it is Martin, since he has demonstrated many times, in practical ways, his commitment to the project. The OP's suggestion of re-purposing Sugar for use with elderly users or the less technically literate is neither new, original or innovative. It

Re: [Sugar-devel] One for Grandma and Grandpa

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
On Sun, 02.March.2014 15:57, imm wrote: I wonder who is off-topic here? I doubt that it is Martin, since he has demonstrated many times, in practical ways, his commitment to the project. I am sorry to say, but here you are off-topic as well. The OP's suggestion of re-purposing Sugar for use

[Sugar-devel] Open Street Map

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
Aloha Today, I wondered if there is already an activity that is related with the Open Street Map (OSM; [1]). I search the Wiki of Sugar Labs and the Activities, but got no results for the search terms open street, openstreet and osm. Has anybody informations about this? If there is not such

Re: [Sugar-devel] Open Street Map

2014-03-02 Thread Gonzalo Odiard
We don't use the Feature process for activities. I don't think we have a map activity based on OSM, but we have one using google maps [1] Probably the best is start to work, and show some prototype, just start, code talks ;) Gonzalo [1] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4211 On

Re: [Sugar-devel] One for Grandma and Grandpa

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
On Sun, 02.03.2014 16:12, I wrote: On Sun, 02.March.2014 15:57, imm wrote: I wonder who is off-topic here? I doubt that it is Martin, since he has demonstrated many times, in practical ways, his commitment to the project. I am sorry to say, but here you are off-topic as well. The OP's

Re: [Sugar-devel] Open Street Map

2014-03-02 Thread Christian Stroetmann
I waited for such an anser. But the Feature process clearly says that ideas should even be publicated if somebody does not implement it. Christian We don't use the Feature process for activities. I don't think we have a map activity based on OSM, but we have one using google maps [1] Probably

[Sugar-devel] Fwd: meeting reminder

2014-03-02 Thread Walter Bender
Sorry, I hit send before adding the CCs. -- Forwarded message -- From: Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:41 PM Subject: meeting reminder To: SLOBs sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org Our next meeting is Monday, 2014-03-03 at 14 UTC (09 EST) Please join us

Re: [Sugar-devel] Open Street Map

2014-03-02 Thread Gary Martin
On 2 Mar 2014, at 18:00, Christian Stroetmann stroetm...@ontolab.com wrote: Aloha Today, I wondered if there is already an activity that is related with the Open Street Map (OSM; [1]). I search the Wiki of Sugar Labs and the Activities, but got no results for the search terms open

Re: [Sugar-devel] [UKids] Re: [support-gang] Announce Vikidia: the Wikipedia for children, now available in english

2014-03-02 Thread Bastien
Tim Moody t...@timmoody.com writes: Actually this turns out to be way easier than I thought because Braddock has done all the work. I copied http://download.kiwix.org/zim/other/vikidia_fr_all_01_2014.zim Yes -- if someone want to ask the Kiwix team to build a zim file for the spanish

Re: [Sugar-devel] Open Street Map

2014-03-02 Thread Gonzalo Odiard
Ideas are overvalued :) Until something is implemented can't be i the hands of kids. Gonzalo On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Christian Stroetmann stroetm...@ontolab.com wrote: I waited for such an anser. But the Feature process clearly says that ideas should even be publicated if somebody