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== Sugar Digest ==
== Sugar Digest ==
1. 2012 has started off with a big splash. In the OLPC demonstration of their prototype tablet--the XO-3.0--at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sugar figured promiently. The XO surrounded by a spiral of Activity icons was everywhere [http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/img1983.jpg 1]. Featured in Ed McNierney's (OLPC CTO) nonstop demo was Measure, Turtle Blocks, Wikipedia, and Fraction Bounce, among others.
1. 2012 has started off with a big splash. In the OLPC demonstration of their prototype tablet--the XO-3.0--at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sugar figured promiently. The XO surrounded by a spiral of Activity icons was everywhere (e.g., [http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/img1983.jpg 1]). Featured in Ed McNierney's (OLPC CTO) nonstop demo was Measure, Turtle Blocks, Wikipedia, and Fraction Bounce, among others.
The OLPC devel team did some tweaks to Sugar to enhance it on the tablet: the Frame can be invoked by dragging your finger to the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Clicking anywhere on the canvas hides the Frame. Works pretty well. Of course, there is a ways to go to realize a full touch integration. It was amusing to watch people use the gestures they've grown accustom to on their iPads to no effect in Sugar. The work on porting to GTK-3 (Sugar 0.96) will make a big difference there.
The OLPC devel team did some tweaks to Sugar to enhance it on the tablet: the Frame can be invoked by dragging your finger to the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Clicking anywhere on the canvas hides the Frame. Works pretty well. Of course, there is a ways to go to realize a full touch integration. It was amusing to watch people use the gestures they've grown accustom to on their iPads to no effect in Sugar. The work on porting to GTK-3 (Sugar 0.96) will make a big difference there.