Re: [sugar] alt-tabbing to the Journal

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Myers
Tomeu, On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Erik Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A thought which has come up a few times in my exploration of activity switching performance, and a few times in conversations on the sugar list, is that the Journal shouldn't be included in the set of activities

Re: [sugar] alt-tabbing to the Journal

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Myers
Tomeu, Continuing down that path, I think that the launcher pane should be treated more as just another activity, and also be on the alt-tab ring. Maybe it should also have an icon on the frame. The launcher pane (or home view, as we call it) is part of the desktop window, that doesn't use

Re: [sugar] alt-tabbing to the Journal

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Myers
Erik, On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:43:57AM -0400, Robert Myers wrote: Tomeu, On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Erik Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A thought which has come up a few times in my exploration of activity switching performance, and a few times in conversations on the sugar

Re: [sugar] Textbook (was Re: [OLPC-Games] Physics --

2008-07-24 Thread Robert Myers
Yoshiki, I don't want sound to be a jerk..., but a game like Asteroids is so right on the sweet spot of Etoys (take a look at the existing Lunar Lander, and think about extending it with better controls and rotation). And, the biggest advantage of that route I think is all scripts can

Re: [sugar] Textbook (was Re: [OLPC-Games] Physics -- Newtonian, mechanics.. for kids!)

2008-07-21 Thread Robert Myers
Edward, I would like to start a physics textbook project combining Measure, Etoys, SciPy, and all of the low-cost instruments we can come up with. We would have to take account of existing curricula, but not be bound by them, and we would have to produce a teachers' guide as well. Who would