Regarding Icon Reviews: Access Point: > The proposal discussed wraps the former AP icon (the circle) in "parenthesis"
I'm in favor of such a visual indication for "AP connected". > alternate designs were proposed This brings up the whole topic of the status of the connection to the school server: At the moment, I myself am not clear on the purpose of the Neighborhood View vs. the Frame. One possible interpretation is that the Neighborhood View shows things the kid could act with in the FUTURE (e.g., select an AP for his connection to the internet), whereas the Frame shows the status of things in the PRESENT (e.g., the characteristics of an existing AP connection). In particular, it is not clear to me whether (in the overall Sugar design) if there is a currently selected AP, then that AP __MUST__ be how the kid accesses his school server. - If the answer is 'yes', all that is needed is a "binary" visual indicator for the school server - if it is present, then the kid is connected to the (backup repository at) school; if it is absent, the kid does not have a connection to the school server. [The characteristics of HOW the kid is connected to the school would be shown on the existing "connection" icon in the Frame.] - If the answer is 'no' (e.g., if the kid can be connected to the school using one IP address, and be connected to the internet / his buddies through a different IP address), then a "fancier" visual indicator ought to be used to identify the connection to the school. I believe that "connected to the school server" should be an explicit visual signal presented to the kid. Whether that signal should be presented in the Frame only, needs to be discussed. mikus _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
