Hi, today we had another design meeting for the upcoming 0.88 release. We made progress in the following areas:
* Start new vs Resume http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Resume.2FStart_new_on_the_Home_View Christian has been doing a great job with phrasing out a test case for the 'Start new" vs "Resume" case [1]. There was a long discussion about if we set the goals right and if the test would bring us the data we need. Finally we agreed to do this test with probably adding a third task regarding the Journal. Gerald suggested to do the test with a set of focus groups with, say, 6 students at a time. The facilitator could collect their responses and add some observational data as well. Gerald made the point, that this would mimic how the kids actually use the XOs/Sugar, which is in a social way. Christian, Gerald and Simon will work on facilitating a first round of tests next week. Tests are planned in the Pilot in Berlin and in the Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School in Croton on Hudson, New York. The development team will work on a build for such a test. [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2010-January/022155.html * Font configuration http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Font_configuration Yevlempy (our new Sugar coding adjutant) attended the meeting to discuss the design for the control panel section from within the learner can modify the Font size. The page will present the user with a slider to adjust the size and a preview of the changes he makes. Eben will do mockups of the proposed design. The possibility to adjust the Font type was discarded. I want to state Daniel words here: "If you put an XO in amharic mode, it uses amharic characters even though they dont exist in the systemwide default for for this reason, i discard the argument that font selection is necessary for language reasons." And Daniel clarified further: "As for giving the user a choice of font face and displaying the size, i simply think its not necessary and that sugar should focus on simplicity. My feature proposal is based on experience in the field, and i've never seen these things as desirable." * Enhanced Color Selector http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Enhanced_Color_Selector A new design has been brought on the table. The arrows could be dropped (current design [1]) from the design and only next/previous fill/stroke XOs colors on all 4 sides of the large one could be shown. This would make it possible to adjust the color in four directions. The form can be seen as a plus, not to be confused with a cross. Walter has been proposed to make the code changes needed for this design proposal. [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Enhanced_color_selector#Release_Notes * Tags in Journal and Multiple selections in the Journal http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Tags_in_Journal Those were basically seen as impossible to happen for 0.88. We hope to see those in the next release. * Dragging Feedback http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Drag_icon Eben suggested that the designs generally call for the "object" to be the icon. Which can be seen in [1]. "The XO, the activity, the clipping, the device, etc....those should be the icon dragged, as though it were a physical object. When appropriate, the cursor is meant to change to a plus for valid drop targets, and an N/A symbol for invalid ones." he added further. Coding hero Aleksey agreed on this design and will implement it. He hopes to find a review hero for his changes, too. [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/Designs/Frame#15 Attendees: http://meeting.olpcorps.net/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.minutes.20100123_1036.html Full Logs: http://meeting.olpcorps.net/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.log.20100123_1036.html Thanks everyone for a great second meeting, Simon _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel