No disrespect meant, just a bit of down to earth TUE Wade Brainerd wrote: > Sugar could report an error message on startup: "This Activity > contains executable code which was not compiled for this platform. > Please contact the activity author for support." OK, our primary "clients" are 6 to 12 year olds, and their teachers. That error message sounds like a Harry Potter incantation for that population.
"This won't work here. Please look (web address)" Most will just give up knowing that will not work. Normal. The adventurous will have a chance to get to understand and find out what can be done, and have a learning / empowering experience while not being stuck from the get go. > This would fall into the general category of displaying better error > messages when activities fail to start. I'm with you 120% there > > If ARM becomes a really popular Sugar platform, those authors whose > activities embed compiled code will be encouraged by their users to > provide updated bundles with binaries for more platforms. > > I personally feel the simplicity of the .xo bundle format is a big > advantage. After years of developing for Sugar, I still have no idea > how to compile a .rpm file and have no desire to learn :) One more > hurdle to cross when starting out. again +1. I for one had hoped that the utterly painful performance problems with Sugar were a price we were paying for total cross-platform compatibility though Python. I'm having my innocence crushed as I follow this thread... > > Best, > Wade > > PS- A friend just told me that whenever his iPhone app crashes for a > user, it sends a little log back to a central server (if the user has > opted in). The logs are grouped and sent to the app author > automatically. What a way to encourage a stable activity ecosystem!! > That even gives Apple the ability to theoretically penalize an App > author whose activity crashes too often. Ugh, the ultimate proprietary, locked down übergeek device no Open Source developer could be caught without is something I would rather stay away from, but then, they definitely know how to run a successful business, so let's learn from the masters, and also that legacy outfit in Redmont. Thanks for the idea, it might eventually work > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
