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[[Image:Frame-05.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

The left edge of the Frame serves as a visual clipboard.  As a child copies objects they land on top of the clipboard "stack", with a number of recent clippings remaining available for use.  Their palettes reveal a preview of the image, text, or object when available, providing more feedback and encouraging kids to cut, copy, paste, and otherwise manipulate data across activities.

The left edge of the Frame serves as a visual clipboard.  As a child copies objects, they land on top of the clipboard "stack", with a number of recent clippings remaining available for use.  Their palettes reveal a preview of the image, text, or object when available, providing more feedback and encouraging kids to cut, copy, paste, and otherwise manipulate data across activities.

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[[Image:Frame-12.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

The new arrangement of icons within the Frame associate each edge with a particular corner.  This goes hand in hand with the notification system, which takes advantage of the corners of the screen to provide meaningful yet unobtrusive alerts.  These may occur, for instance, when a new invitation arrives, when people join or leave the current activity, when the battery is low, or when clippings are created.

The new arrangement of icons within the Frame associates each edge with a particular corner of the screen.  This goes hand in hand with the notification system, which takes advantage of the corners of the screen to provide meaningful yet unobtrusive alerts.  These may occur, for instance, when a new invitation arrives, when people join or leave the current activity, when the battery is low, or when clippings are created.

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[[Image:Frame-14.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

Should a child miss or ignore a notification when it arrives, they can later find it within the Frame itself.  Notifications disappear by sliding off screen and implicitly into the frame to reinforce this concept.

Should a child miss or ignore a notification when it arrives, she may later find it within the Frame itself.  Notifications "disappear" after a few seconds by sliding off screen and implicitly into the frame to reinforce this concept.

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[[Image:Frame-16.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

Instead of copying an image to the clipboard, on the other hand, the child may drag it directly onto their Journal to keep it permanently. They might likewise drag an image onto a Write document to embed it.

Instead of copying an image to the clipboard, on the other hand, a child may drag it directly onto her Journal to keep it permanently. She might likewise drag an image onto a Write document to embed it.

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[[Image:Frame-17.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

As external storage devices also reside in the Frame, it's possible to copy files from the Journal or an activity directly onto them.

As external storage devices also reside in the Frame, it's possible to copy files from the Journal or an activity directly to them.

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[[Image:Frame-18.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

From the Groups and Neighborhood views a child can invite another to their current activity by dropping them onto the "people edge" of the Frame.  Alternatively, they could drag an XO from the edge into their friends group to make a friend.

From the Groups and Neighborhood views a child can invite another to her current activity by dropping them onto the "people edge" of the Frame.  Alternatively, she could drag an XO from the edge into her Friends group to make a friend.

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[[Image:Frame-19.jpeg | thumb | center | 640px |  

A child could also drag an XO directly onto a running activity to invite them to participate in it.  Alternatively, dragging an activity icon into the Groups or Neighborhood views will share the activity with the appropriate scope.

A child could also drag an XO directly onto a running activity to invite them to participate in it.  Additionally, dragging activities between the Frame and a given view will join or share them with the appropriate scope when dragging to and from the Frame, respectively.

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