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[[Image:friends.jpg|right|thumb|240px|The Friends view: Friends and their current activities are visible from this view. Hovering over a “missing” friend reveals an "away message."]]

[[Image:friends.jpg|right|thumb|240px|The Friends view: Friends and their current activities are visible from this view. Hovering over a “missing” friend reveals an "away message."]]

The Friends view takes a small step back from the child's Home space, opening up to include her circle of friends.  Essentially, this view represents a spatially viewable and editable buddy list. From here she can add or remove friends and move individuals around, perhaps forming them into logical groups—the four friends on the right half of the screen, for instance, might be her "drawing group." All of her friends receive [[#Invitations|invitations]] whenever she starts an activity from the Friends view, making collaboration implicit. Moreover, this view allows her to see what activities her friends are presently engaged in, providing the opportunity to [[#Joining Activities|join]] any non-private activities. Already, you can see how this view changes the usual method of application launch, allowing one to start new networked activities or join existing ones directly.

The Friends view takes a small step back from the child's Home space, opening up to include her circle of friends.  Essentially, this view represents a spatially viewable and editable buddy list. From here she can add or remove friends and move individuals around, perhaps forming them into logical groups—the four friends on the right half of the screen, for instance, might be her "drawing group." All of her friends receive [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Activities/Activity Basics#Invitations|invitations]] whenever she starts an activity from the Friends view, making collaboration implicit. Moreover, this view allows her to see what activities her friends are presently engaged in, providing the opportunity to [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Activities/Activity Basics#Joining Activities|join]] any non-private activities. Already, you can see how this view changes the usual method of application launch, allowing one to start new networked activities or join existing ones directly.

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