OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Core Ideas

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Activities, Not Applications

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Sugar Activity APIs

There are no software applications in the traditional sense on the laptop. The laptop focuses children around "activities." This is more than a new naming convention; it represents an intrinsic quality of the learning experience we hope the children will have when using the laptop. Activities are distinct from applications in their foci