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-A few days ago, Fernando the owner of the Caacupe XO support center, wrote to us:
-
-{{{
-El 8 de marzo de 2010 14:51, Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés escribió:
-> Como va la migración a Fedora 11 hasta ahora?
-> Número aproximado de máquinas actualizadas?
-
-Raúl, la verdad que todo bien hasta ahora, los chicos están muy entusiasmados con la
-nueva versión, y hacen correr la voz, creo que unos 120 equipos ya lo hicimos hasta
-ahora más o menos.
-}}}
-
-Google translation with my corrctions:
+A few days ago, Fernando the owner of the Caacupe XO support center, wrote (Google translation with some corrctions):
{{{
On March 8 2010 14:51, Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés wrote:
> of machines to date?
Raul, the truth that it's going smooth so far, the boys are very excited
-about the new version, and the rumor is spreading fast. I think so far
-my team updated 120 laptops, more or less.
+about the new version, and the rumor is spreading fast.
+I think so far my team updated 120 laptops, more or less.
}}}
I witnessed it with my own eyes: every day, children are lining up in front of Cyber Nick's
Quick! Let's add all this crap to Sugar! :-)
Of course not, but could we do anything to appeal more to kids? By now, I think I've observed
-our young users closely enough to be able to predict what they're really after:
-
-More configurabiity.
+our young users closely enough to be able to guess what they're really missing in Sugar:
-{{pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/escuela_691_profesora_gudelia_cabrera/00048.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Shy girls hiding behind their Barbie-fashioned laptops }}
+<div style="font-size: large; text-align: center">
+Configurability.
+</div>
Yeah, dozen of scientific studies showed how users almost never customize the desktops beyond
setting a background image. Kids, however, are a lot more passionate about their precious
-laptop than the average office clerk using Windows. They //do// customize the exterior of
-their laptops with stickers.
+laptop than the average office clerk using Windows. They //do// cover the exterior of
+their laptops with colorful stickers.
+
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-Believe it or not, many of these kids set the random icon layout (aka "the Negroponte layout"),
-because it lets them drag icons around and arrange them in clever ways. I could take screenshot
-to prove it.
+Believe it or not, many of these kids also set their Home View with the random icon layout
+(aka "the Negroponte layout"), because it lets them drag icons around and arrange them in
+clever ways. I could take screenshot to prove it.
And what was the gray color scale in our UI supposed to mean? I was explained it once, and it
seemed to make sense, but I forgot. And, whatver the reason was, kids are unlikely to agree