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AbiWord on OLPC

Other pages:

• AbiWord on OLPC Background
• Creating Sugar Activities
• AbiWord on OLPC Requirements
• Summer of Code App
• Final things to do for SoC

Schedule

AbiWord on OLPC Roadmap

For Mid-Term:

Write up an initial requirements document that includes a) requirements to conform to Red Hat's "Sugar" design memes b) technical requirements for it to work on the OLPC and c) requirements based on the user research I've been doing

Get the OLPC emulator and system image running on my laptop

Start drawing sketches and mockups

Get AbiWord compiling from HEAD, and do some basic UI modifications

After Mid-Term:

Apply changes sent to me for Brazil article.

Interview american teachers about how their kids use computers

Find kids to do usability with. Talk to people about Mansfield computer town camp.

Design Constraints

• Red Hat OLPC Design Choices
• OLPC Users
• Technical Constraints for OLPC Software

Design Goals

• It should be usable by young children
• It should be usable by children who have not yet developed strong written language skills
• It should help children develop those skills
• It should be fun and engaging for young children
• As children grow up, it should support their new, more adult goals

Projects

• Fix Abiword Small-Screen Bugs
• the "toolbar" problem
• Integrated drawing tools
• Labelled clip-art
• "talking" word processors (courtesy of Tim

Mockups

• Simple Toolbar Mockup
• Abi on OLPC Sketches
• Images tagged OLPC by me on Flickr
• Sketches to be used for AbiWord interactive prototypes

Open Questions:

Will these be deployed entirely through public schools? And if so, will that mean many poor kids won't have access?

How will wiki pages be integrated? Does it make sense to have AbiWord on the OLPC given the wiki focus?