#3207 NORM Untriag: Shared activities rely on identical font sizes on all laptops

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#3207: Shared activities rely on identical font sizes on all laptops
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 Reporter:  ssb22   |       Owner:  jg       
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  distro  |     Version:           
 Keywords:          |    Verified:  0        
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 I haven't actually tried any shared
 activities (having only one laptop)
 but from what I gather looking at
 ActivityHost.py, it seems that the
 activity 'chat' is implemented as a
 separate window, assuming that the
 activity window underneath is the
 same for all children.  If one
 child in the class needs large
 print then either everyone will
 have to set the print large or else
 the child needing large print will
 need a screen magnifier, which is
 usually more clumsy and awkward
 than setting the print large in the
 application itself (because the
 magnifier approach adds an extra
 level of scrolling complexity, and
 horizontal scrolling in particular
 is awkward, whereas if the activity
 itself used a larger font then
 things would likely be simpler).
 It does not seem possible for one
 child to set a large font in the
 activity itself and others to set a
 smaller font, if the work is
 collaborative.

 Unfortunately I can't seem to think
 of a good solution to this one, but
 it ought at least to be a
 documented limitation.  If everyone
 has to set the print a little
 larger so as to accommodate a
 minority then that could be an
 important lesson in itself, so it's
 not necessarily a show-stopper.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/3207>
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