Interfaces

settle on something we can use

• Gmail, Gdocs
• MediaWiki editing
• Write
  • Showing off

regression test interfaces

Tinderbox additions

graphical hook for this & the wiki

testing within an activity, and with the rest of the system

network interfaces

mesh view

networking access view

supported web interfaces

developing web apps / interfaces

supporting google gears

metaphors

'Desktop' metaphor : out.

'Journal' metaphor : in, needs to be made beautiful

'stop/resume' rather than 'quit/launch'

transparent backups, public parts made available to the network

available through http:// ...

social networks : visualized in mesh view

exhibit interfaces

presenting a graphical overview of collections and materials

spreadsheet environment for editing (cf dan bricklin)

search interfaces

journal search, web search

journal/filesystem interfaces

• coordination with 'search'
• timeline interface

help wanted

• make naming easy

user interfaces

• GTK for OLPC
• Sugar

design cycles

testing : there is sporadic testing on children in schools, largely subjective.

• game jam-style testing : groups get together for 2-3 days, and develop something quickly, with children coming to do evaluations/tests at the end
• country trials do their own tests; we don't yet have charts of their work
• groups such as UNICEF have their own standards fo testing, not published yet.

help with tests

make dog-fooding easy.

• develop [versions of] activities that developers will use all the time.
• develop activities that do daily tasks for devs : irc, email, browsing, writing

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