Difference between revisions of "Talk:Design Team/Proposals"

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Proposal for "OUI" :- an Obvious User Interface

(to avoid repetition, unsigned contributions are either anonymous or by --David Brown 22:32, 21 August 2012 (EDT))

Rationale

sugar was conceived by http://new.pentagram.com/2006/12/new-work-one-laptop-per-child/

"We definitely need the ‘tips and tricks’ section for the XO Guide." - http://blog.laptop.org/best-of-olpc-feedback-a-compilation-of-compelling-comments/

A description of a new interface design is here: https://sites.google.com/site/djhbrown2/oui.pdf

It is aimed to be more obvious and hence easier to use than sugar, whilst providing seamless access to all functionality.

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-== Suggestion from djhbrown: ==
+== Proposal for "OUI" :- an Obvious User Interface ==
-i'm not sure how to add a suggestion to the wiki so am doing it here - i'm a total newbie to xo/sugar and sorry to say i dont like many things about it.  first off, i hoped it would be an obvious interface, which it isn't.  it's not obvious to a 5yo or a 63yo like me, that is.  i get the feeling that what you have is entrenched in developers' minds and maybe even some see it as a branded style which they wont want to be totally changed.
-here are some of the issues i feel non-geek users are presented with:
+(to avoid repetition, unsigned contributions are either anonymous or by --[[User:David Brown|David Brown]] 22:32, 21 August 2012 (EDT))
-. the interface is not intuitive.  the icons are non-obvious, the list view is unnecessarily stretched out, the circle view is going to get worse as more apps are added to it, the huge cursor just gets in the way, + 100 other things
-. of all the interfaces in the world, xo sugar for kids is the one that most needs to require no tuition to use.  but it's anything but that.
-where is the discussion forum for design principles?  where is the forum for user (ie kids and their teachers) feedback?  why doesnt sugar have 2 separate environments; one for kids and one for teachers - they have different needs.  teachers need guidelines, kids need suggestions on what they can do.
+'''Rationale'''
-is sugar unable to run any of the other wonderful K12 stuff produced outside oplc?  why isnt that included ? --[[User:David_Brown|David_Brown]] 09:56, 5 August 2012
+sugar was conceived by  http://new.pentagram.com/2006/12/new-work-one-laptop-per-child/
+"We definitely need the ‘tips and tricks’ section for the XO Guide." -
+http://blog.laptop.org/best-of-olpc-feedback-a-compilation-of-compelling-comments/
+A description of a new interface design is here:
+https://sites.google.com/site/djhbrown2/oui.pdf
+It is aimed to be more obvious and hence easier to use than sugar, whilst providing seamless access to all functionality.

Difference between revisions of "Talk:Design Team/Proposals"

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