(It was unfortunate that both Apple and MS forced the old "application and files" approach on the newer object and UI ideas.)
One of the interesting implications of this approach is that the single "desktop" in most modern UIs becomes "multiple persistent documents where work and play get done". And this leads to a kind of "SuperDuperHyperCard" like model that is also a better way to think about the web and web authoring.
Here are two white papers about Etoys. The first is about how we use them to help children learn powerful ideas. The second has some of our media experiments in the Etoy system. All of these are best printed out in color and read on paper.
A. Kay, Squeak Etoys, Children & Learning, Available at: http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_learning.pdf
A. Kay, Squeak Etoys Authoring & Media, Available at: http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_authoring.pdf
Right now Etoys runs as an app on OLPC, but it would be better to have a Python-based version of this kind of integration as the fundamental basis for doing things on the little machine.
Cheers,
Alan
At 11:31 AM 9/22/2006, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
Hello:
In http://live.gnome.org/BrianMuhumuza/ToPaZ there are interesting ideas and desktop mockups.
Gonzalo
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