Thanks for the pointers Jim. Actually, I never did work it out... nor did 40 others!
I'm fending off attacks on my blog... I knew I'd hit a nerve with my post. I can see how many people will dismiss my post as "couldn't get past my own preferences", but that ignores the experience of the 40 others I spoke for, 10 of whom had never used a computer before. I watched a few people look at my Asus and could see their intuition working on it better than on the OLPCs. Leo, you got the text in this email thread right? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:56 AM, valerie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I first started looking into OLPCs, there was a one page guide > for people who had used other computers. It addressed lots of these > issues and explained work arounds or alternatives. It had a list of > "fun" activities that would help orient an experienced computer user > to XO behaviors. > > By the time I got an XO, the page was gone - someone decided that this > was inappropriate. Apparently there were some mistakes or > misunderstandings that were contained in the document. If you had an > XO you should stumble around and learn to love it. > > Too bad. I think the OLPC folks would get more support by helping PC > users be successful and understand what trade offs have been made and > why as well as translating PC into XO. There are lots of us who would > like to be more positive, but the learning curve is just too steep > without some assistance. With all our PC baggage, it is hard to get to > a starting point to explore the real power and innovations. There are > so many great things the little green machine can do. > > A mouse and a USB memory stick are invaluable for us differently-abled > computer users. I had to install Opera to get around the > authentication certificate issue to access Moodle on one of the > school's servers. I loved the bright, clear screen. It was a huge hit > going through security in airports. And it certainly made a fashion > statement, especially if there were little kids around. > > If anyone has a copy of the OLPC guide for PC users, that would be a > great place to start. Making that correct and current would help > enormously. > > ..Valerie > > > On Nov 30, 8:59 pm, "Jim Tittsler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 14:22, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > The next thing I noticed was the browser. At first glance it looks a > little > > > like Google's Chrome, but less than 3 clicks around you soon realise > that > ... > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
