On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have looked at all 3 docs and they look good > > have some comments > > 1. Who is in charge of Sugar? the team lead. I remember that Blizzard > used to be the team lead. Is it JG now?
Actually, is there a way to find out who is in charge of _anything_? Walter Bender tells me that he is out of the loop these days, but I haven't heard who has taken over any of his responsibilities. > 2. Need a really easy way to play music and video files including ones > w/ proprietary codecs. Kid finds mp3 file on the internet using browse, > kid double-clicks file. It should open with the activity that supports > that file type. > > Use Case: > The kid should be able to access the same file again later from the > Journal and open up in the appropriate activity/player (should one be > loaded) > > OLPC won't have to pre-load the proprietary codecs for this to work. > Leave that to deployment people like myself. just make it easy for us to > load them using mechanisms like the customization key. > > Yes proprietary is bad but allowing kids to explore on their own -- an > essential aspect of constructionism -- is more important. We cut off > many avenues of exploration when we make it hard for them to access > content that happens to use proprietary codecs -- which is the majority > of interesting content on the Internet. > > 2.1 The XO needs a rock-solid media player. To me this is as essential > as the Journal. Rob Savoye says that if we could provide, find, recruit...a few developers to finish the current Gnash roadmap, we would have it. I haven't heard anybody step up. Why? -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar