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Zooming out one more step we reach the Neighborhood view. Here children can see everyone on their local mesh. At this level we intend to support a variety of views, each with a different focus: the individuals; the activities in which they are presently engaged; etc. In the figure, individuals are shown clustered around their currently active activities, providing a direct visual representation of the popularity of an activity, since group size is immediately perceptible.

Zooming out one more step we reach the Neighborhood view. Here children can see everyone on their local mesh. At this level we intend to support a variety of views, each with a different focus: the individuals; the activities in which they are presently engaged; etc. In the figure, individuals are shown clustered around their currently active activities, providing a direct visual representation of the popularity of an activity, since group size is immediately perceptible.

While the Neighborhood view doesn't currently provide any true spatial or geographical data, it does provide an at-a-glance social geography of the mesh and its participants. Similar to the Friends view, launching an activity here implicitly opens that activity up for anyone in the Neighborhood to join. While no one receives an [[#Explicit_Invitations|explicit invitation]] in this case, the newly started activity will appear in the view, with its participants clustered about it, so that anyone who wishes to may join. Of course, this also means that the Neighborhood provides an excellent space for exploration. Here, one can both search for, locate and [[#Joining_Activities|join activities]] of interest using a powerful and adaptable [[#Searching|search]] technology, and also interact with and [[#Making_Friends|make friends]] with other children in their neighborhood they haven't yet met.

While the Neighborhood view doesn't currently provide any true spatial or geographical data, it does provide an at-a-glance social geography of the mesh and its participants. Similar to the Friends view, launching an activity here implicitly opens that activity up for anyone in the Neighborhood to join. While no one receives an [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Activities/Activity Basics#Explicit Invitations|explicit invitation]] in this case, the newly started activity will appear in the view, with its participants clustered about it, so that anyone who wishes to may join. Of course, this also means that the Neighborhood provides an excellent space for exploration. Here, one can both search for, locate and [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Activities/Activity Basics#Joining Activities|join activities]] of interest using a powerful and adaptable [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Laptop Experience/Global Search|search]] technology, and also interact with and make friends with other children in their neighborhood they haven't yet met.

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