[Trac #1053] OLPC needs a usable GUI (i.e. not Sugar)

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#1053: OLPC needs a usable GUI (i.e. not Sugar)
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 Reporter:  gnu     |        Owner:  jg   
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  CTest
Component:  distro  |   Resolution:       
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment (by RussNelson):

 Replying to [ticket:1053 gnu]:

 If I may make a meta-comment here, what we are seeing from John is a
 natural reaction to Open Source development by paid programmers.  People
 have a tendancy to sit back and say "You're the professional, now act
 professional and do a professional job."
 > Build 303 requires the user to do a complicated undocumented dance
 before it will let them log in.
 I agree that the startup could use a little more hinting, as could the XO
 screen.
 > such obstacles to intuitive use
 No computer is intuitive.  A better term is "familiar".
 > Why should kids have to batter their way through this idiocy before they
 can get to any educational materials?
 John, whether this is idiocy or not is testable.  Put a group of kids who
 has never seen it, in front of a Windows machine, and put a group of kids
 who have never seen it in front of Sugar.  Ask them to perform various
 tasks and see how long it takes them.

 > Let's move to a window system where the objects on screen are responsive
 to the user.
 Better: report your unmet expectation as a bug.  For example, the OLPC
 should NEVER EVER discard a keystroke.  EVER.

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