[Localization] Turtle Art translation

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Alexander Todorov <atodorov at redhat.com> wrote:
> Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>  > What if the blocks just contained some untranslatable symbol and a
>  > tooltip with a full label appeared on hover?
>  >
>  If the child is already familiar with that symbol (e.g. a mathematical one) it's
>  ok. But imagine a child who opens up TurtleArt for the first time and has no
>  idea about functions, operators and conditions. More descriptive text is needed
>  in that case. And hover will not solve the problem because kids easy lose interest.

I'm not saying this is a perfect solution. Just that if we must find a
compromise between first-time and regular usability, this is one more
option we can consider.

We are using this solution extensively in Sugar, in many occasions
children won't be able to know what a button does until they try it or
at least hover it so the tooltip appears. I think we expect children
to be curious and try things out in order to construct their own model
of how the system works.

Tomeu