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[Jacky Alcine <jacky.alcine@xxxxxxxxxx>]

LOL It's the beginning of the silver straw once more!

2011/9/3 danteashton@xxxxxxxxx <danteashton@xxxxxxxxx>

> Jacky, thanks to Rafael Laguna, the Lubuntu graphics guru, we now have an
> .svg of Winty! (see attached)
>
> ALL HAIL THE GRAPHICS GURU!
>
> -Dante
>
>
> 2011/9/2 danteashton@xxxxxxxxx <danteashton@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Phill; I think Jacky means the avatar.png, not the images he provided :P
>>
>>
>> 2011/9/2 Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Imagemagick cannot convert either. I'm going to have a 'play' with
>>> deliniate which states that is can. If successful, I'll convert the three of
>>> them and forward them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>> 2011/9/2 danteashton@xxxxxxxxx <danteashton@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>>  Jacky; I'm afraid I don't have an SVG of it as no matter what I try;
>>>> Inkscape keeps giving me white backgrounds with it :-/ All I have is a
>>>> fairly large .png . Unless you or someone else can deal with Inkscape (or
>>>> another such program) then we're stuck with the png :-/
>>>>
>>>> In terms of the GUI; I feel the first screen is needed; a computer is a
>>>> computer. A computer can malfunction. A computer requires repairs; hiding
>>>> such information is, IMHO, a bad idea. That isn't the starting screen,
>>>> that's just the system saying "We have a problem; have a look!"
>>>> Or would you rather Wintermute says "I don't feel well." then won't turn
>>>> on again? :P
>>>>
>>>> I have also been considering a few other aspects; animated backgrounds.
>>>> (Diagnostic mode hexagon: construction branding between hexagons, etc) which
>>>> could give credence to Wintermute's  state (helping to generate rapport
>>>> between the user and Winty, especially if we emulate emotion.)
>>>>
>>>> As for the questionnaire; I don't think it requires much more then a
>>>> properly written AIML bot. (though with our own runtime for AIML, so it can
>>>> parse commands) so that would be very light on resources (and pack it in
>>>> with speech synth and basic speech recog for setup/testing purposes)
>>>>
>>>> In terms of how to render this system; that is a bit of a mystery. I
>>>> don't exactly want to end up with a system which requires a high-end
>>>> graphics card just to run things; perhaps we could cheat with pre-rendered
>>>> videos?
>>>>
>>>> -Dante
>>>>
>>>> 2011/9/2 Jacky Alcine <jacky.alcine@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>> I agree with Jose, the last two are not only perfect; I can see those
>>>>> being implemented quite easily. The question is OpenGL, native X11 or SDL?
>>>>> :D
>>>>>
>>>>> And yes, we might need a lengthy questionnaire for the OEM installation
>>>>> of Wintermute (even if it's as a program, the current build makes
>>>>> the attachment so far). The GUI right now is very scratchy, but keep
>>>>> pumping.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dante, I'll need that image of that avatar in SVG, if possible. I'll
>>>>> try to see if I can use my animation skills from class to play with it.
>>>>> Since it'll be in SVG, it should be tweakable as well (SVGs can have
>>>>> embedded content like OWL data).
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/9/1 José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente <artirj@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>>> My thoughts:
>>>>>> Last two pictures are perfect. First one, is IMHO, a mess. What are we
>>>>>> showing to the user there?
>>>>>> 1. Disc usage
>>>>>> 2. RAM status (maybe other hardware too)
>>>>>> 3. Net status
>>>>>> 4. Cloud status
>>>>>> 5. System status
>>>>>> 6. WM status
>>>>>> 7. Button to go diagnose.
>>>>>> The user. Think about the user. The user cares about apps and what he
>>>>>> can do with them. WM will manage apps, after all. Instead, imagina a
>>>>>> standard (K)Ubuntu, with all that data places in the form of
>>>>>> indicators in the panel, giving maximum visibility to the content the
>>>>>> user really wants. If something really needs the user's attention,
>>>>>> then WM can raise a more visible alert.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2011/9/1 SII <dante.ashton@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>  > I've just finished three rough (and I mean, VERY rough, sorry
>>>>>> about that;
>>>>>> > only had half an hour to do them) mockups of Wintermute's interface.
>>>>>> > You'll find them here.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> http://www.thesii.org/wiki/Natural_Language_Interface#Draft_Design_of_NLI
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> José Luis Ricón
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jacky Alcine
>>>>> Blog <http://jackyalcine.co.cc/> | Launchpad<https://launchpad.net/~jackyalcine>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> -Danté Ashton
>>>>
>>>> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>>>>
>>>>
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>> --
>>
>> -Danté Ashton
>>
>> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>>
>>
>> Sent from Ubuntu
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>>
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> --
>
> -Danté Ashton
>
> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>
>
> Sent from Ubuntu
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