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:Personalized icons? Drawings? Pictures? How can kids make their own icon? It's a surprisingly big thing to est. an iconic identity for many... just look at forums where kids(and adults!) hang out.--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:13, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
:Personalized icons? Drawings? Pictures? How can kids make their own icon? It's a surprisingly big thing to est. an iconic identity for many... just look at forums where kids(and adults!) hang out.--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:13, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


* Search wireless connections and people by name
==Search wireless connections and people by name==
Easier to find your friend if  you recognize their icon. --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


* Right-click/hover menus: Point to an icon and wait a second for its name to appear. Wait a bit longer for the accompanying menu to appear. Or, without having to wait, just right-click (o-button on an XO) to see the name and menu.
==Right-click/hover menus==
Point to an icon and wait a second for its name to appear. Wait a bit longer for the accompanying menu to appear. Or, without having to wait, just right-click (o-button on an XO) to see the name and menu.
::Nice if view source was there too. --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


* Activities: In home view, there are buttons to switch between the view of favorites in a ring and a list of all installed Activities. Select the star by an Activity to make it a Favorite. The hover menu for a Favorite includes the option to remove it from favorites without deleting it, and also an Erase option which deletes that activity!  
==Activities==
In home view (hotkey F3), there are buttons to switch between the view of favorites in a ring and a list of all installed Activities. Select the star by an Activity to make it a Favorite. The hover menu for a Favorite includes the option to remove it from favorites without deleting it, and also an Erase option which deletes that activity!  
::For a school admin trying to keep machines uniform for the next wave of kids to descend upon the computer lab the erase key can pose problems, right? --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:08, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
::For a school admin trying to keep machines uniform for the next wave of kids to descend upon the computer lab the erase key can pose problems, right? --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 16:08, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
* Frame: Views and Activities on top; Friends on the right; hardware on the bottom; open documents on the left.
* Frame: Views and Activities on top; Friends on the right; hardware on the bottom; open documents on the left.