[olpc-software] AbiWord, HIG

[Robert Staudinger]

On 3/18/06, Alan Kay <alan.kay at squeakland.org> wrote:
> You might try icons that have been painted by the child's paint tool. Then
> the child could add some.

Are you referring to the Etoys paint tool or is there a tool / list of
candidates for the laptop already?

> To bring you up to date on what we've been doing with children the last 10
> years or so, here are two white papers about Squeak Etoys that you can go
> to directly: http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_learning.pdf ,
> http://www.squeakland.org/pdf/etoys_n_authoring.pdf .

I have been skimming these documents and the ideas are certainly very appealing.
Do you have any experience with productivity software following that approach?

Best,
Rob