On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 07:41:33PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Nod, I've done that for Memorize and maybe we will for Paint too. It > > will > > > take some thought to get it right and I've got a lot on my plate right > > now. > > > Worth it if it turns into code but right now I'm wondering what is the > > best > > > path forward? Sugarizing Tux, Improving Paint or adding features to > > Colors? > > > It mostly depends on what programmers out there are interested. > > > > If Tuxpaint satisfies all needs and new features list for Paint and > > Colors! is not short, I guess its much easier to add save-to-journal > > feature to Tuxpaint. > > > I just spent some time with Tuxpaint. I like it much better then paint. > More features and they are easier to use. We asked the students to create a > picture for vocabulary words. I think some of the stamp features and such in > Tuxpaint would have helped some of the kids without as much native atistic > talent to still produce recognizable results. I think the artists are going > to go wild with some of the magic features. It really looks like fun. > > I don't know how well it will work on a small screen like an XO or netbook. > Maybe someone else can take a look? > > For our work at the GPA, where we have full sized screens, I think Tuxpaint > is superior. I know the teachers really care about the automatic save > though. The kids have a lot of trouble saving and its heart breaking for > them to lose their work. We need to think about how to not just save to > journal, but to save automatically and frequently, but not so frequently > that we clog up the journal.
I thought about following the regular sugar activity behaviour i.e. autosave on exit and have "Keep" button -- Aleksey _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel