On 15 June 2011 16:01, Esteban Bordón <ebor...@plan.ceibal.edu.uy> wrote: > This patch show the build number in the name page for first boot (see > attached file). It's very useful to test the correct massive flashing for > technical team.
I have a lot of experience handing out laptops to our target first time users (young children, often in places with little access to computers), and this screen is their first interaction with the laptop. It may sound excessive and a little unbelievable, but this first step really is a very challenging and stressful experience for everyone involved. This screen must be kept as simple as possible. For example, in Ethiopia, with all laptops strictly turned off, the teacher explained (in the local language, of course) what the first steps with the laptop are - write your name, pick your colour. At the same time, I drew the screens on the blackboard. We then ran through this in person, and the teacher used me as an example. She asked for my name, which I told her, then wrote in the "Name:" box that we had drawn on the board. Simple? Most children in that class turned on the laptop having not really understood their own teacher, and wrote "Daniel" in the name box. Or in Nicaragua, where a very young girl looking very blankly and nervously at the screen, eventually found enough courage to talk to the odd foreigner in front of her and finally responded to my question: "What's your name?". Maria. "How do you spell it?" m-a-r-i-a. "Can you see the M key on the laptop?". Yes - she points at it. "Ok, now press it with your finger." She looked blankly for a while and said "I...can't" I have a lot more experiences like this. Even the next steps are difficult where children don't understand that they have to move the mouse to the "Next" button before clicking, or they don't understand why the click was necessary (isn't pointing at the button with the mouse enough?). So while I can see some value in a quick communication of the installed software version details for a small proportion of people involved, I think displaying it in this form would just add to the huge amount of confusion that our target users experience when they first receive their laptop. Instead, I would suggest that it be made available by a keypress for the technically inclined. This is already the case (Ctrl+Alt+F2). But if that really is insufficient then perhaps it could be temporarily shown on the Sugar naming screen while Ctrl+Shift are held down, or something like that. Daniel _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel