Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
Thanks, Gary. I must mention here that the Moon activity is one of my favorites. Having been an astronomy buff, I can understand what the modern sky does to the activity. At times, even Sirius is not visible where I live, where a couple of decades back I and my friends could spot Andromeda or so w

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-23 Thread Gary Martin
Hi Jv, On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:57, RJV wrote: > Hi, > > This looks like a great activity to me. I am unable to find what kind of > telescopes (in India) can be used and help to this effect on the downloads > page as a Readme would be very helpful. > > Has anybody used a physical telescope with

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
Hi, This looks like a great activity to me. I am unable to find what kind of telescopes (in India) can be used and help to this effect on the downloads page as a Readme would be very helpful. Has anybody used a physical telescope with this activity and what type? Thanks for any response. Jv On

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread Simon Schampijer
Am 20.11.2012 um 06:23 schrieb Martin Langhoff : > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Chris Leonard > wrote: >> As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after >> it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe >> activity. > > Renames are a pain in inf

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread RJV
On the downloads page, the text seems to suggest a camera - This mode allows the user to view the live image stream from the camera. Furthermore following controls and settings can be set in this mode: * Capture the image * Change camera settings like Exposure, Brightness, Contrast etc. * Delay w

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Chris Leonard wrote: > As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after > it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe > activity. Renames are a pain in infrastructure, and in upgrade handling for users. I would say pr

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread Anish Mangal
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Chris Leonard wrote: > Anish, > > As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after > it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe > activity. > Correct. > http://git.sugarlabs.org/xoscope > > > I would suggest that in

Re: [Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread Chris Leonard
Anish, As I recall, this activity was already renamed once from xoscope after it became clear it was colliding in name space with an oscilloscpe activity. http://git.sugarlabs.org/xoscope I would suggest that in accordance with the Sugar HIG guidance http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interfac

[Sugar-devel] Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread Anish Mangal
Hi, I have received requests that the Telescope activity [1] be renamed to Scope, since, off late it has been used in conjunction with not just a monocular, but small microscope attachments (the kind which were distributed at the SF summit). In that light, the name Telescope is no longer widely ap