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[Bert Freudenberg <bert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24.02.2010, at 14:23, John Maloney wrote:
> 
> Hi, Claudia.
> 
> Re:
> On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Claudia Urrea wrote:
>>  I like the hidden feature, but one of the reasons I propose the
>>  Sugar widget is that you can get access to the content of the USB
>>  drives, without having to do to "/media/XXXX/"
> 
> If this were the only reason for the Sugar widget, we might consider replacing one of the link buttons (e.g. "computer) with one that opens the USB drive.

In particular since the Journal's USB support is so mediocre ...

In any case, John, I'd also like you to comment on my code. Maybe we can schedule a call once you looked at it. The basic idea is to fake a FileDirectory which then works nicely with the existing code base (see SugarDirectory>>entries). There is some special-casing necessary (in particular where the code distinguishes between a file directory and a server directory) but it's quite minimal.

Re thumb-nailing efficiency, I saw there is a background thumb-nailing process but apparently Scratch is still doing it all at once, and I didn't want to touch that. Maybe you could re-enable it, at least for SugarDirectory? Also I'm not quite sure if it would detect a modified image currently. The Journal doesn't report file sizes in queries. It could report a last-modified date but this is not yet used (but on my to-do list).

> Claudia, do you have access to a XO1.5 machine? I think you brought me one in the fall but then we discovered it has some sort of hardware problem so you took it back to OLPC. I don't need one to keep, but I'm curious to see how Scratch feels on a 1.5 machine.
> 
> 	-- John

Adam announced yesterday that 1.5 machines are available.
You should get one, they feel really nice. I just tried my image on an actual XO and noticed I did not enable XO mode ... sorry for the small fonts ;)

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> Date: 24. Februar 2010 01:05:51 MEZ
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> Subject: [Grassroots-l] XO-1.5 early production units now available to GENUINE contributors :)
> 
> Please apply today if OLPC's brand new XO-1.5 laptop will help you make Sugar/Gnome/Learning/Deployment/Support Realities better!
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form
> 
> I've modified the FAQ to make clear we also accept proposals for free laptops from those doing exceptional and creative outreach/advocacy work:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors#FAQ
> 
> Background for those unfamiliar with the XO-1.5's breakthrough new performance and possibilities:
> http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:blog.laptop.org/2009/09/28/xo-1-5-create-collaborate-contribute/
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification_1.5
> 
> Thanks-- group proposals especially welcome from user groups in any city worldwide!!
> 
> (Smallprint: OLPC will pay for shipping and customs/import fees worldwide if you are approved, however we regret that some countries are impossible for legal reasons)
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