On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/7 Carol Lerche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> The UI seems pretty important to me, but obviously that's a matter of >> taste. Not everyone likes tabbed browsing. Correct operation of websites >> that fail with the extant browser. Direct availability of plugins and >> addons. One example: scrapbook, a superb research tool. Another example >> Google Gears (according to a recent mail being ported, presumably because >> the browser is not standard). I am not familiar with the Firefox codebase, >> and perhaps all these things are directly available so long as the Firefox 3 >> engine is there, but if so, there desperately needs to be a detailed body of >> documentation telling how to access these capabilities. > > I certainly acknowledge that a) the sparse UI isn't for everyone and > b) the UI is young and still needs some more work (and more features). > It started out bare bones, and is slowly gaining important features > as we go (recently URI autocompletion, find in page text, foundational > support for global bookmarks, and other features appeared!). It > should also be noted that tabs were part of the initial design, and > were taken out both to prevent abuse of RAM and because we thought > that it might be confused adjacent to the link sharing feature, which > we felt was a really important addition for our target audience and > collaborative learning. I'd consider adding them in light of recent > engine improvements, assuming we can prove that kids navigate them > naturally. > > Additionally, I'd love to see other individuals with interest porting > other browsers to the XO. I think someone was working on this with > Opera. Perhaps a more full featured Firefox could also be Sugarized. > However, we designed the current Browse as is to be purposely sparse, > to give kids the basics without overloading them with things that > could get in the way. I think there's a place for Browse as a default > browser, especially for kids under 8 or so, even if other more complex > browsers appear as viable alternatives.
+1 > - Eben > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
