Google Code In 2013

This is the project page for the Sugar Labs application to Google Code In 2013. Sugar Labs community members: please feel free to add tasks below. We'll do an edit before final applications are due on 28 Oct 2013.

Message to potential participants

It is important that you obtain permission of your parents.

Es importante que obtengas el permiso de tus padres para participar.

http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/help_page#eligibility

Please see the Contest Rules for Eligibility and Registration process.

http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/terms_and_conditions

Details regarding the required forms and paperwork are here: Google Code In 2013/Participate#Students.

Why we are participating

Sugar is written and maintained by volunteers, who range from seasoned professionals to children as young as 12-years of age. Children who have grown up with Sugar have transitioned from Sugar users to Sugar App developers to Sugar maintainers. They hang out on IRC with the global Sugar developer community and are full-fledged members of the Sugar development team. It is this latter group of children we hope will participate in and benefit from Google Code-in. Specifically we want to re-enforce the message that Sugar belongs to its users and that they have both ownership and the responsibility that ownership implies. Just as learning is not something done to you, but something you do, learning with Sugar ultimately means participating in the Sugar development process. At Sugar Labs, we are trying to bring the culture of Free Software into the culture of school. So the Code-in is not just an opportunity for us to get some tasks accomplished, it is quintessential to our overall mission.

Tasks

Note: This is our preliminary list of tasks. We can add more as the contest progresses.

Mentors: please feel free to add more tasks and/or add yourself as a potential mentor to an existing task.

Tasks must fall within one of these five categories: #Documentation/Training; #Outreach/Research; #User Interface; #Quality Assurance; and #Code.

Documentation/Training

Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more

Title	Description	Hours	Mentor	Tag
Activity links to documentation	All activity pages on ASLO should provide links to trac and git activities.sugarlabs.org			activity
Sensor designs	Measure sensor schematics			activity
Use latest toolbars in MYOSA examples	Make Your Own Sugar Activities! describes our current toolbar code as "new" and uses the old style in examples. Correct this.		James Simmons	activity
How to videos 1	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Home view to launch activities			sugar
How to videos 2	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Neighborhood view to share activities			sugar
How to videos 3	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Journal			sugar
How to videos 4	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar View Source			sugar
How to videos 5	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Write activity			activity
How to videos 6	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Record activity			activity
How to videos 7	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Turtle Art activity			activity
How to videos 8	Make a video showing how to use the Sugar Portfolio activity			activity

Outreach/Research

Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions

Title	Description	Hours	Mentor	Tag
Learn to read website	Proposed activity for best English-language learn-to-read website			activity
Best of web collection	Research wiki pages for best-of-web learning sites wiki.sugarlabs.org			activity
Bug reporting	Design an easier bug reporting mechanism for Sugar			activity
Research R2L issues	Research into Arabic (R2L) bugs in Sugar			activity
Enhanced Mindmap links	Research how Mindmaps tools are used and recommend more node and relationship attributes			activity

User Interface

Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction

Title	Description	Hours	Mentor	Tag
Color-coded devices	Design a schema for assigning removable storage devices and in general entities with their own identities should have unique colors			sugar
Add global bookmarks to Browse	Design a global bookmarks in Browse			activity
Button design	Toolbar overflow button: Desgin a better looking arrow		walterbender	sugar
Better icons for Battery	Frame: Battery Charging icon looks like a 'missing battery'. Design a new icon series			sugar
Log UI improvements	Log: collector UI needs design improvements		gonzalo_odiard	activity
Design an icon for mime-type text/x-python	Design an icon for mime-type text/x-python			activity
IRC enhancements	Design UI improvements and channel tab issues in IRC activity			activity
Journal design enhancements	Potential Journal Detail View improvements (Review mock-up and generate design)			sugar
Better feedback from Jabber	Design indication in the UI about connection status with a jabber server			suagr
Notification enhancement	Better notification for in activity events design			activity
Improved icon design	Design better document-open icon			activity
Better color-selector design	Don't require the user to experiment to find out what the color-selector icons are for (propose a new design)			activity
Read font	Research into new font for Epub activity. Perhaps the AU font?			activity
Activity/Journal views	Activities list view is very similar to Journal view and users delete activities instead of journal entries: Design a new look.		gonzalo_odiard	sugar
Neighborhood view	Neighbourhood view icons should be placed in a spatially repeatable way (design a schema)			sugar
Screenshot	Touch: make take screenshot available -- design UI mechanism for implementation		gonzalo_odiard	sugar
Brightness mode	Touch: change brightness and mode -- design UI mechanism for implementation		gonzalo_odiard	sugar
OSK design	Shift key on OSK looks the same in all modes -- design new looks			sugar

Quality Assurance

Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality.

Title	Description	Hours	Mentor	Tag
Sharing QA	Gather data on how many users can collaborate across various Sugar activities.		walterbender	activity
Complete i18n of ASLO	ASLO still has un-translated ES strings. Identify these strings for translation.			activity
Sugar Triage	Organize a triage meeting to review/assign open sugar bugs [1]			sugar
Activities Triage	Organize a triage meeting to review/assign open activity bugs [2]			activities
Untriaged	Organize a triage meeting to review/assign untriaged bugs [3]			sugar

Code

Tasks related to writing or refactoring code

Title	Description	Hours	Mentor	Tag
Browse UI	Clear URL entry when Escape is pressed			activity
Read sharing	Port to new tube API			activity
Sugar on a Stick backups	Allow SoaS backup and restore from an XS server			activity
Add support for PDF export	add support for PDF export to Browse			activity
Reorder boxes in Fototoon	Fototoon: change order of boxes		gonzalo_odiard	activity
Change background image in Fototoon	FotoToon: Change size and position of background image		gonzalo_odiard	activity
Add game key support to Stopwatch	Stopwatch must use the game keys			activity
Update speak engine in Memorize	Memorize should have latest speak update		gonzalo_odiard	activity
Save game state in Memorize	Memorize: save game state			activity
Change font in Chart	Chart should let the user to modify the chart font.			activity
Pootle reject suggestion	'Reject Suggestion' button is not working			localization
Browse image downloads	Can not download image when opened in a popup			activity
Resume downloads in Browse	support for resuming downloads			activity
Crossword Activity	crossword-maker sugarization			activity
Better feedback in Browse	Browse should give an indication that a download is in progress			activity
TuxPaint enhancement	Paint: The kids want the magic tools from TuxPaint			activity
Maze collaboration improvements	Show points in Maze collaboration			activity
Mazes with holes	Generate levels with holes			activity
More formats for Read	Read: support cbz and cbr files			activity
Reorder playlist in Jukebox	Jukebox: add reorder capability to playlist			activity
Paste text in Paint	Can't copy text from Write and paste in Paint. Would be very useful feature.		gonzalo_odiard	activity
Port Slider Puzzle to GTK3	Slider_puzzle activity to GTK+3			activity
Filter input to Chart	Chart activity: filter input to only accept valid values			activity
IRC support for multiple servers	XOIRC support for multiple servers			activity
Browse memory management	check that browse flushes caches when memory gets tight			activity
Jigsaw sharing feedback	need progress indication for jigsaw puzzle sharing			activity
More efficient JokeMachine sharing	Could reduce tubes code			activity
Set locale for default room in IRC	Tower of babble problem with IRC activity			activity
Add pen to Physics	Trace trajectories of bodies			activity
Export outline in Mindmap	Labyrinth should have an 'export to text for outlining' feature			activity
Full-screen mode in Cartoon Builder	Cartoon Characters should not scale image to fill the screen			activity
Export to ODP in Turtle Art	add functionality to export presentation to odp		walterbender	activity
Record to external device	Record output direct to memory card			activity
Clear all in Physics	Add a button in Physics Activity to clear off the whole screen at once			activity
Arabic numeral support in Calculate	calculate support for arabic numbers			activity
Add progress bar to timelapse	TimeLapse-2 gives no progress output during Time Lapse Collection			activity
Poll enhancements	Avoid showing results during voting			activity
New labels in Mindmap	[Labyrinth Added New Label Support]			activity
Add multi-camera support to Record	Switch Record to gst camerabin plugin			activity
Improved Record collaboration	Pre-existing photos/videos not shared when making Record activity shared			activity
Drag and Drop URLs	DnD a link from Browse to the clipboard area of the Frame, should copy it			activity
Words pair-wise translations	Words can only translate from English			activity
UI improvements to Record	Record UI Improvement Record			activity
Multi-threaded Turtle Art	Turtleart could be refactored to be more efficient and better support sharing and sprites parallelize the execution of turtles		walterbender	activity
Calculate enhancement	Calculate should use an appropriate number of significant figures for trigonometric functions			activity
Calculate export	Calculate should let you export plotted graphs to the clipboard			activity
Chat UI improvement	Chat should note when a continuous string of characters extends beyond the end of the screen			activity
Stopwatch UI	Stopwatch activity should be able to start/stop multiple timers at once			activity
Physics enhancement	Ability to move pins/motors once placed			activity
Audio notifications	Use sound for events in Chat like joined/left/said your nick			activity
Distance UI improvements	Allow Distance UI to layout on a 800x480 display			activity
Moon enhancements 1	Add an overhead Earth, Moon, Sun view			activity
Moon enhancements 2	Add option to export the moon phase as an image to the Journal Moon			activity
Moon enhancements 3	Add eclipse glyph to indicate the type of eclipse Moon			activity
Text mode for Browse	Browse should have the option of allowing the user to only load text.			activity
Memorize bug	Discard does not discard game			activity
Journal UI enhancements	Journal: Found way to have mini-icons in "Anything" combobox and "Resume with" palette show as a white stroke			sugar
Chat UI enhancement	Chat should provide notification of new activity if scrollbar is not in the bottom position			activity
Memorize: use gamepad	Use gamepad arrows and buttons to play the game			activity
Show watch cursor in Paint	Watch cursor should be shown when invert colors function is called			activity
StoryBuilder enhancements 1	Add My Character and Add My Background			activity
StoryBuilder enhancements 2	Collaboration functionality			activity
Export object positions in Physics	track objects in Physics		walterbender	activity
Infoslicer enhancements	two helpful features for Infoslicer		walterbender	activity
Measure waterfall view	Waterfall view in Measure		walterbender	activity
Portfolio videos	Add a mechanism for exporting .ogv (voice over still images) of a portfolio presentation	20	walterbender	activity
Abacus gestures	Add gestures to resize custom abacus	20	walterbender	activity
Physics pen	Add a pen object to the Physics activity	20	walterbender	activity
Sugar version	Reject activity bundles which require a newer version of Sugar			sugar
Multiple school servers	can't register with multiple school servers			sugar
Force close	No way to force-close (kill) an activity			toolkit
Mic volume	Set audio capture volumes			sugar
Bug reporting	inform user about exceptions, offer to file a bug report			sugar
Multi-person send	Send a file to more than one person at a time			sugar
Filter for bundles	Add journal filter for .xo bundles			sugar
Screensaver	add a screensaver to Sugar			sugar
Network forget	Network, forget, or remove as favourite			sugar
Release hidden resources	provide framework code for releasing resources while hidden			sugar
setlocale	class Activity should setlocale			toolkit
Upgrade restrictions	Sugar should not offer to upgrade system activities			sugar
Transfer all metadata	transfer entire data store entry, including arbitrary metadata			sugar
Journal progress	Journal file actions need progress/busy indication			sugar
CDMA modems	Sugar should support CDMA modems as well as GSM			sugar
Proxies	Sugar should directly get proxy settings from gconf		gonzalo_odiard	sugar
rfkill	Radio/wireless control should interact with rfkill			sugar
set mimetypes	set mimetype in detail view			sugar
Drag to clipboard	Be able to drag and drop items from Journal to clipboard			sugar
Absolute date/time	Show absolute date in creation time sort mode			sugar
Time filters	Time filter only cuts off the end of the list instead of offering disjunct time spans			sugar
Canvas-only screenshot	Add modifier to take screenshot only with the canvas			sugar
View Source paths	Reveal path to View source entries			toolkit
Stop pulsing icon	Stop start-up icon pulsing when an activity fails to start			toolkit
Icon-slicer dependency	remove icon-slicer dependency			activity
Activity-specific metadata	Journal should support display of activity-specific metadata		walterbender	sugar
gtk-accelerator	Use gtk_accelerator_parse() instead of egg for key handling			sugar
Show progress on install	Installing an activity should show progress information			sugar
fullscreen property	expose _is_fullscreen as a window property		walterbender	activity
Duplicate progress bar	duplicate function in view source needs progress bar		walterbender	toolkit
Supported mimetypes	Get supported audio and video mime types from gstreamer			toolkit
Set time	Allow Sugar users to adjust clock time and date			sugar
Additional folders in Journal	Add other folders to Journal			sugar
Wifi rescan	Sugar needs method to force wifi network rescan			sugar
forced view updates	Sugar needs method to force Buddy/Shared Activities Network view update			sugar
Language control panel	Language CP module displays combo text in 2nd preferred language			sugar
MessageBox	Toolkit: add MessageBox		manuq	toolkit
Image preview on clipboard	sugar: implement preview on clipboard button for images		gonzalo_odiard	sugar

Mentors

NOTES TO MENTORS

Please refer to Google Code In 2013/Participate#Mentors for details regarding enrolling as a mentor.

Please add yourself to the list below.

Feel free to add new tasks to the table above.

Depending on the project, we will assign multiple mentors from our various development and support teams.

• Walter Bender - also org admin for GCI
• Martin Abente
• Sandra Thaxter
• James Simmons
• Sebastian Silva
• Laura Vargas
• Gonzalo Odiard