On 11 Jun 2009, at 08:37, Aleksey Lim wrote: > Hi all, > > Let me finalize this "What tags we should use for GCompris/Fructose/ > etc" > discussion :) > > New AMO version and incoming ASLO v3 version have collections feature > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections > > I think we can move tags GCompris and Fructose(Core, etc) to > collections > moreover every user/deployer/editor could create theirs own > collections. > > Is it the way to go?
Yes this seems to be a solution. Allows the tags (categories) to be simple and learner friendly, while collections can be used for for the rest (collections are a secondary site UI, so don't clutter up the main site unless you visit their page). Regards, --Gary > On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:31AM -0500, James Simmons wrote: >> The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me >> about the design of the site from the beginning. The site does not >> do a >> good job of showing just how much is available. When you click on a >> category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly >> picked >> at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only >> ones >> available in the category. Yes, there is a link to show everything >> in >> the category. It's not that you can't find anything if you really >> want >> to. It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has. >> >> What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a >> prominent >> place on the page. When you first come into the site and no >> category is >> selected you should see something like "500 Great Activities >> Available!" Choose a category like Documents and the line would read >> "10 Activities In This Category." >> >> The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities. We >> need to put more thought into what gets recommended. Currently one >> of >> the Activities that is recommended is Read. Now an XO owner or SoaS >> user already has Read, so why recommend it? Is there some reason I >> should remove the Read I already have and install this one? >> >> Recommended Activities should promote Sugar. They should meet the >> following criteria: >> >> 1). Fairly robust. >> 2). Not included by default with anything. >> 3). Should do something interesting. Think of the iPhone >> commercials >> that show all the apps that are available. Why not recommend >> something >> like Food Force or Story Builder? >> >> I also question the category GCompris. I understand these Activities >> are related to each other, but the relationship would not be >> meaningful >> to a teacher or a student. >> >> A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better. >> >> James Simmons >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > -- > Aleksey > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep