Jon,
I've got a friend that I just got switched to Linux a few weeks ago and he uses Inkscape... and has a 5 year old daughter. :)
The machine is also a bit slow, so probably a closer experience to what the OLPC would be like than a modern desktop.
I've got SCALE this weekend so I can't go observe. But, when I'm back I'd be more than willing to sit with her and see what she can do. How much interaction should there be with me (in terms of assistance)?
Honestly, if their touchpad is like my laptop's, Inkscape is not too fun. :(
-Josh
Jon Phillips wrote:
Yes, here's a developers response about the system and general testing requirements (anyone got a spare kid? Jon Cruz?) ;)
Jon
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From: James Cameron <quozl@...1662...> To: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> Cc: devel@...1312... <devel@...1312...>, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> Subject: Re: Inkscape and OLPC Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:14:34 +1100
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:04:20PM +0000, Jon Phillips wrote:
I'm not so familiar with all the drawing capabilities for the device yet, but seems like an Inkscape-like app would be excellent (but possibly too complicated). Our canvas is great ;)
There is a mouse touchpad. There will be a drawing or writing touchpad either side. There are two mouse buttons, left and right. The screen is 1200x900 pixels, 200DPI, colour or monochrome, and windows take up the whole screen usually.
If you have a spare 5 to 9 year old, sit them in front of Inkscape and ask them to do something. You'll rapidly learn what they need. I've only used Inkscape for half an hour, so I'm not able to comment on it.
I've tried a B-test-1 laptop unit with build 239 and Tux Paint on a two year old. That seemed to work well. "yum install tuxpaint".