XO avatars

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 12:42 -0700, Hal Murray wrote:
> > Is there any thought to composing the avatars from a set of components?
> 
> Why not use the camera?
> 
> I've worked with a "faces" mail system that tossed up a new icon whenever you 
> received new mail from somebody.  We had a picture for everybody in the 
> group.  (and a big collection of corporate/university logos for when the 
> individual wasn't in the database)

We're going to have a "buddy picture" (which in XMPP is an "avatar") for
each person that will be taken by the camera on first boot.  It will be
changeable.  It'll be available from roll-overs on each XO icon wherever
you see that icon in Sugar.

Dan

> I forget how big they were.  Google found one mention of a utility to 
> compress/decompress 48x48 face pictures.
> 
> I remember being impressed at how well it worked with such a small space.  
> Mostly it was instant recognition with just a quick glance.  There were a few 
> people in the group with pictures that were similar enough to cause me 
> troubles.  For those I had to take a long look.
>