X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2010%2F03;h=6f659c7974e89deee3a3163de5473e5e789c3347;hp=422d35336019f1b964b405d9c2bae31f9f9d5349;hb=f866b3362565b18aa2aa81f8187b733445210f20;hpb=502ef5ad5ec78e0276cd99ae9fe41b2e4713864c diff --git a/blog/2010/03 b/blog/2010/03 index 422d353..6f659c7 100644 --- a/blog/2010/03 +++ b/blog/2010/03 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -== Fri, Mar 12 - Interview with "los scratcheros" == +== Fri, Mar 12 - Interview with //Los Scratcheros// == -|| {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00008.jpg | maxwidth=480 | The "Scratcheros": Nadia, Benedicto and Alberto}} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00003.jpg | maxwidth=480 | A sugar "hack" (zoom in to see the ASCII art detail) }} || +|| {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00008.jpg | maxwidth=480 | The "Scratcheros": Nadia, Benedicto and Alberto}} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/1.00011.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Albertito, our youngest volunteer, helping one of our trainers }} || Today I spent some time with three siblings of Caacupe who has impressed me and the educators very much with their original creations in Scratch. Scratch is not a school subject, these kids are @@ -74,19 +74,7 @@ testing my build 45, revealing some bugs in networking and activities. || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/cyber_nick/00001.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Cyber Nick, Fernando's XO repair lab in Caacupe }} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/cyber_nick/00029.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Kids asking to install Sugar 0.84 in front of Cyber Nick's lab }} || -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: @@ -94,8 +82,8 @@ 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 @@ -115,27 +103,34 @@ with a really cool screensaver. 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: +our young users closely enough to be able to guess what they're really missing in Sugar: -More configurabiity. - -{{pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/escuela_691_profesora_gudelia_cabrera/00048.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Shy girls hiding behind their Barbie-fashioned laptops }} +
+more configurability. +
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. - -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. - -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 -with us. - -Let's give them a control panel icon to customize colors as they wish, or they'll switch -to Gnome //en masse//. I can't blame them, either. What would you have done when you were 8? +laptop than the average office clerk using Windows. They //do// cover the exterior of +their laptops with colorful stickers. + +|| {{pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/escuela_691_profesora_gudelia_cabrera/00048.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Shy girls hide behind their Barbie-fashioned laptops }} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00003.jpg | maxwidth=480 | A sugar "hack" (zoom in to see the ASCII art detail) }} || + +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 many screenshot to prove it, but I particulatily like this one +abusing Sugar's user name field to create a drawing on three lines. These kids do not live +in the middle of Silicon Valley; it is very likely that they rediscovered the technique +of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art | ASCII art]] completely on their own. +The original idea was passed along and successively refined by several anonymous artists. + +Finally, what was the gray-scale palette supposed to mean in our UI? I was explained it once, +and it seemed to make some sense, but now I forgot. And, whatver the reason was, kids are +unlikely to agree with us. + +Let's give our users a control panel applet for customizing colors as they wish, or they'll +switch to Gnome //en masse//. I can't blame them, either. What would you have done when +you were 8? == Tue, Mar 02 - Charla @ Facultad Politecnica ==