Sameer Verma wrote: > Eben Eliason wrote: > >>> 1) Terminal-Activity, included by default in sugar but hided from the >>> activities launcher menu. Can be activated with some key binding as >>> 'alt + 9'. >>> >>> >> This sounds really great. I don't think we have to hide it >> permanently. >> > I agree that it doesn't need to be hidden. It is yet another option and > those who need it will use it. I find that in my class/labs (I realize > that we are talking about very different student profiles - I teach > undergraduate business students) I usually leave the terminal icon > visible. About 10% of the class uses it, and the others just don't go there. > Following up on my own post...
I did a short presentation to an MBA class last night on OLPC. This was an overview type presentation. One of the quick polls I did was about the terminal icon/capability. Majority of the MBA students voted the icon down. Common reasons: Why do they need it? Less clutter. Don't give them a way to get into the machine. We will be breeding an army of hackers worldwide! What if they break something? Except for the "less clutter" reason, I think all the reasons stated above are why we *should* have an icon. Keep in mind that these are opinions of "pre-MBA types". Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
