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Re: [Wintermute-devel] (VERY) Rough mockup of Wintermute's Interface.

 

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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> -Danté Ashton
>>>
>>> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Ubuntu
>>>
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> --
>
> -Danté Ashton
>
> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>
>
> Sent from Ubuntu
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-Danté Ashton

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici


Sent from Ubuntu

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