Good points, but I think you failed to detect her sarcasm.
On Jan 20, 2008 1:55 AM, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote: > Ann Barcomb writes: > > > Eventually I saw http://wiki.laptop.org/go/New_Users and learnt that > > "No activity can open a file. You have to use the Journal activity to > > open a saved file." The Journal is an application which keeps track > > of everything you've done before. You may open anything you've > > already opened. > > > > ... it must have been done deliberately to 'protect' me. We all know > > just how dangerous the written word can be. > > This review suggests that some of the UI idiosyncrasies have been done > intentionally in the belief it'll help the target audience (children in > developing countries) -- so I suspect it's poor usability rather than > misguided security: > > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/17/review_xo_laptop_hands_on/ > > > ... why make it so easy to circumvent? ... Is the goal to teach > > children how to get around lame security measures? Is it really a > > project to create the next generation of DRM hackers? > > I believe that a goal of the project is that the users get involved with > the software's source code, so it would be contradictory for the project > also to include features specifically to limit what the users can do: if > the 'source code' goal succeeds then they'll just remove the limits > themselves! > > Smylers > >
