[Localization] [OLPC-GSoC] Idea fo GSoC: Sugar adaption for the Nasa ethnic community

[Santiago Ruano Rincón]

Hi Tomeu, and thanks for your answer,

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
...
> 
> that's certainly very interesting. Sugar's code is open and at some
> point I think we'll see countries patching its source code in order to
> customize the software further than just adding/removing activities or
> changing the language.
> 
> I hope that this can be done in a concerted way that doesn't bring
> duplication of efforts and everybody can share the advances of each
> participant.
> 

Exactly, that's one of the goals i'm looking for. Idealy, that
customization wouldn't apply to country-level only, Colombian cultural
richness is thanks to more than 90 ethnic groups, some of them have big
differences between eatch other. I have already the experience of a 
rejection of software by one of this group, because it had elements of 
another one.

> Feel free to ask in the sugar ml any questions you have about that.
> 

Well, the first question would be if there are some issues already 
identified around this. Maybe directionality (no only in texts, but in
all the interface), iconography, time/space concepts, interaction
between individuals, etc?

Zoom metaphor uses truly a great concept, do you have info about how it
was conceived?

> Tomeu

Best regards,

Santiago
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