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:Social Help is a system wide mechanism to access a range of social channels like IRC, forums or social networks (i.e. Sugar Network) within a specific context. Basic implementation is available on [https://github.com/ana-balica/sugar/tree/prototype-social-help github branch prototype-social-help]. The prototype includes a system-wide handling of a keypress combination - <Shift><Alt><c>, which pops up a window that has 2 options: to join IRC or to open the Browse activity. At the moment the following window looks like that:

:Social Help is a system wide mechanism to access a range of social channels like IRC, forums or social networks (i.e. Sugar Network) within a specific context. Basic implementation is available on [https://github.com/ana-balica/sugar/tree/prototype-social-help github branch prototype-social-help]. The prototype includes a system-wide handling of a keypress combination - <Shift><Alt><c>, which pops up a window that has 2 options: to join IRC or to open the Browse activity. At the moment the following window looks like that:

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screenshot_sugar1.png|Social Help window within Read Activity

File:screenshot_sugar1.png|Social Help window within Read Activity

screenshot_sugar2.png|Social Sugar window within TurtleArt activity

File:screenshot_sugar2.png|Social Sugar window within TurtleArt activity

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:Here is a simple UI design of the window (made in Inkscape). The Discourse button is merely an example (in case the community decides on using a different forum platform).

:Here is a simple UI design of the window (made in Inkscape). The Discourse button is merely an example (in case the community decides on using a different forum platform).

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Social_help_window.png|Social Help window design

File:Social_help_window.png|Social Help window design

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