#3207 HIGH 8.2.0 (: 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:  dcbw                
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  closed              
  Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                      
Resolution:  invalid           |    Keywords:                      
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by Eben):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Actually, I don't see this as a problem with regard to the contextual chat
 design; the font size is completely independent of the message that is
 sent, so any particular child should be able to show all such messages at
 any size they want.

 This is also true in a ''lot'' of shared activities.  In most cases, the
 shared information (model) can remain independent from how that
 information is shown (view).  There is only one instance where this
 doesn't hold true, and that's in an activity such as Write, where the
 textual content (and its font, color, size, etc) is the world-writable
 shared state.  (In a sense, the model actually includes the parameters
 that dictate the view) In such a circumstance, setting the font size to 28
 pt. will, quite naturally, do so for ''everyone''. As you mention, this
 type of conflict will have to be left to social circumstances, it seems,
 or at the worst case a magnifier which is independent of the activity and
 its state.

 I'm closing this ticket since I think in most cases the concern doesn't
 apply and in others it applies by necessity.

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