2009/3/18 Bryan Berry <bryan.be...@gmail.com>: > Felipe, > > "never bet against the browser" is absolutely true > > However, gnash is roughly 2-3 developer years behind macromedia flash. > the big hurdle is adding support for ActionScript3 to Gnash. > > I don't think that better integrating Gnash into Sugar would be the best > use of your time. The better bet is to integrate activities created with > javascript + html5 into Sugar. > > I earlier advocated a framework called "Karma" for integrating flash > swfs into Sugar. I now believe that javascript + html5 is a much better > bet because it better adheres to our common belief in open-source and > allows "View Source." Also, there are far more javascript developers out > there than flash developers. This new rework of Karma could take > advantage of projects like jquery-UI and new javascript animation > libraries like processing.js and GX.
That looks very interesting, but what about authoring tools for javascript+html5? Are any that compare to the flash authoring tools? Regards, Tomeu > You could start out by trying to recreate some of OLE Nepal's existing > flash activities as javascript + html5. You can find some here: > http://www.pustakalaya.org/external-content/static/epaath/E-Paath-2.activity/activity/Activity/MenuStage.html > > If you are interested in such a project, I am definitely be interested > in mentoring you. I have to warn you though that I am professionally a > project manager and not a software engineer. In fact my software > development skills are extremely limited beyond writing broken python > scripts. > > > -- > Bryan W. Berry > Technology Director > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > > > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 15:37 -0600, Jameson Quinn wrote: >> Flash is still not open source, and that creates issues when >> distributing it (Adobe does not let you include it pre-installed in >> images for download). >> >> Bryan Berry from OLE Nepal (cc:ed on this mail) has some good ideas >> about how that idea should work, though he's not signed up as a >> mentor. You should think about your design, and then discuss it with >> him AND on the sugar-devel mailing list. >> >> Jameson >> >> 2009/3/17 Felipe López Toledo <zer.subz...@gmail.com> >> Thanks. >> >> I'm interested: >> SWF Sugar >> * Integrate SWF (Flash/Gnash) >> applications into Sugar. >> * Ideally, develop a demo activity which >> could be used as a template for >> sugarizing Flash/Gnash activities. >> * Priority for Sugar: Very High ("never >> bet against the browser") >> * Difficulty (as a GSoC project): hard >> * Skills needed: SWF/Python integration >> >> why Gnash?, there is already a stable version of adobe player >> for linux. >> >> really have very good ideas. Interesting! >> >> Greetings. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Jameson Quinn >> <jameson.qu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://sugarlabs.org/go/DevelopmentTeam/ProjectIdeas >> >> Good hunting :) >> >> Jameson >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Felipe López Toledo >> <zer.subz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I'm Felipe López Toledo, a university student >> I read your message >> >> (http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/browse_thread/thread/0cf911eb31087cd7?hl=en) >> I visited >> >> http://sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=page&page=learners >> >> relly good work!. >> >> it would be nice to see you in the GSoC 2009. >> by the way, do you have a project list? >> >> thanks. >> >> Felipe >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > Bryan W. Berry > Technology Director > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel