On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Eben Eliason wrote: > This is pretty fantastic. I've enjoyed playing around with it.
I'm glad you like it :) > One simple change that I think would add a lot is some color. More > specifically, the XO uses a two-tone (stroke & fill) color scheme as a > form of visual identity. ... > Another nice touch would be to make the eyes follow the carat while > typing, instead of remaining focused on the mouse Two great ideas. Adding color will be super easy. I can make a toggle between black/white and the user's colors. Is there a kid- friendly sugar or gtk color picker, like the box-of-crayons one on the Mac? That would let them play with the colors too. I'll see if I can get access to the carat location easily. > Finally, a subtle but > wonderfully effective technique that a professor of mine often used > for characters with eyes is to periodically return the pupils to the > center of the eyeball. This creates a sort of dialogue between the > character and the child, as it appears that the he is interested both > in the movement of the cursor and in the individual moving it. Neat! I want to make the eyes blink at random also. -josh _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel