--- Nadim Shaikli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Abdulaziz by all means :-) Do please make sure to upload the files > onto > Arabeyes' CVS (ie. make sure to do things the "normal" way we've been > doing things).
Certainly, should I take this as a green light from core to go ahead with a new project? Do please discuss this in your core meeting tomorrow, I plan to be there :) [...] > Have any other culturally different groups looked into "localizing" > this distro (what have their comments been - if any) ? Until some of > us use the distro to a much larger extent (Abdulaziz ?) we won't have > a full grasp on what is needed. For instance, I'm not sure how the > alphabet is taught (since Arabic includes different visual forms for > the same letter for instance) or if there is reference to any > historical > events, etc. In short, we need to use the distro first and foremost > before we really can quantify what is needed for it to really be > natural and acceptable to an Arab child. We've seen these issues > among > others in various educational applications out there (Isam, care to > comment ?). I'll try to get my hand on a copy of the distro ASAP to try it out (will have to nag Jad about it). I can see what your visulaizing here, if we could further localize the _content_ of the applications in the distro and go beyond just translating the interface, that would be splendid :) I'm waiting to hear Isam's comments about this too :) Abdulaziz, __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Doc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc
