#1414 NORM Trial-3: javascript bookreader is entirely separate from browser

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#1414: javascript bookreader is entirely separate from browser
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  Reporter:  sj      |       Owner:  marco  
      Type:  task    |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Trial-3
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:         
Resolution:          |    Keywords:         
  Verified:  0       |  
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Changes (by Eben):

  * owner:  Eben => marco
  * component:  interface-design => sugar
  * milestone:  FRS => Trial-3

Comment:

 I'm strongly of the opinion that reading a book and browsing the web
 should be treated as separate activities, despite some obvious
 similarities.  More than anything else, I think it's important to
 distinguish them in the perspective of a learning child:  Books are self-
 contained, frequently lengthy, and often much more reliable as sources;
 The web is transient, extensively inter-linked, and more likely to be
 inaccurate.  We're blurring a lot of lines by offering books
 electronically (which is fantastic, since this is the only way many kids
 will get them), but I think it's a bad idea to eliminate the distinction
 between print and web entirely.

 Also, one of the most important features of our book reader should be
 session bookmarks.  If I open up the Journal entry for "Catcher in the
 Rye" that I put down several days ago, it should pen to the page I left
 off at.  This "book" session has a very different stored state than a
 browser session.

 We really need to plan this out soon if we want to have a solid book
 reader in place by FRS (And we'd better, since "it brings affordable books
 to those who didn't otherwise have them" is a key argument which makes the
 project worthwhile to many who don't see or agree with our broader goals
 for collaboration and learning, and makes it immediately useful to the
 countries.)

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