On 29.03.2010, at 12:51, Peter Robinson wrote: > > Hi All, > > Having had some feedback on the proposal of shipping just 6 Activities > for SoaS 3 I'm modifying the proposal a little and increasing the > number to 10 [1]. Although this does come with some caveats and a > challenge to those out there that would like to see some more > included. > > So the original proposal was the following list of Activities: > - browse > - physics > - turtleart > - irc > - log > - terminal > > I'm proposing adding the following: > - Record > - Write > - Chat. > - Some sort of shareable game such as memorize > > The reason for the above 4 is that they are a great demonstration of > the sharing and media capabilities of sugar, which I believe are some > of its best features, but I am open to suggestions. > > So now to the caveat and challenge. They will only be included if they > are working, tested and are stable as I believe it only makes the > Sugar platform look bad if they don't work well. The challenge is for > everyone in the community to assist in making sure they are working, > tested and stable. If ultimately they aren't included its everyone to > blame because they weren't. I believe I may know what the issue with > Write is so I'll be looking that with the hope of it being fixed this > week. I look forward to seeing reports of them working well and being > tested as well as patches and bug reports when they do not :-) > > Peter > > [1] I could possibly increase this to 12 if my arm is twisted enough > on the same proviso that they are stable, tested and are a good > demonstration of the Sugar platform, work well on a netbook platform > and XOs > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
Peter, I have to ask again why you do not want to include Etoys. It's working, tested, stable, and includes examples that emphasize Sugar as a creative learning platform (more so than any of the activities you do propose to include). - Bert - _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
