[Etoys-notify] [JIRA] Commented: (SQ-141) Policy about screen scaling and project dimensions

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timothy commented on SQ-141:
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(from Bert)

Another students' netbook that might see quite some adoption - this time with only 576 pixels vertical screen extent :(

...

http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/press-releases/2009-05-19-Latitude2100.aspx

http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/05/19/latitude-2100-dell-netbook-for-schools.aspx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dellphotos/sets/72157618110617117/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1N9UtEZWc

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10243917-1.html
(Unfortunately, the writer has apparently never heard of OLPC and the
XO, crediting the Intel Classmate for being "the first netbook" :-/  )

http://www.Edu4u.com = New Dell online community for educators;
education-specific "Educational Personal Purchase Programs"; software
preloading service ("ImageDirect") so school districts can receive
ready-to-deploy computers not needing admin prep; "TechKnow" 40-hour
training program to help students troubleshoot tech problems directly;
"webNetwork private cloud" pilot claims to provide "secure web access
to web, hosted web or Windows applications and data, from anywhere,
using any device."


Dell Latitude 2100:

* Aimed specifically at education market.

* Choice of Windows XP Home, Vista Home Basic or Ubuntu (!).

* 10.1" 1024x576 LED screen; optional touchscreen claimed as a "first"
for an educational netbook.

* Intel Atom N270, 1 Gb of RAM

* Storage: hard drive < 250Gb, SSD < 16Gb

* "Surfing" LED bar on the top of opened cover ("Network Activity
Light") designed to inform teacher when kids have wireless activity;
apparently can be called by applications. No info about whether it can
be turned off (in a class running Sugar, all those machines would be
blinking all the time, could drive anybody nuts)

* Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11g standard, 802.11n optional

* SD/MMC card reader.

* VGA port, 3 USB ports, headphone/speaker out, microphone in

* Rubberized case (optional strap with locking anti-theft feature) in
five colors ("School Bus Gold, Chalkboard Black, Ball Field Green,
Blue Ribbon and Schoolhouse Red"... reminds me of my beloved 1966
Chevy Chevelle in "Tropic Turquoise")

* 24-bay classroom charging station available in the US and has LAN
update feature for admins.

* Window on battery pack for inserting school & student name.

* Optional webcam.

* Optional anti-microbial keyboard (US-only; for my part, I recommend
"wash hands with soap")

* MSRP: $369


> Policy about screen scaling and project dimensions
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: SQ-141
>          URL: http://tracker.immuexa.com/browse/SQ-141
>      Project: squeakland
>         Type: Improvement
>   Components: etoys
>     Reporter: Scott Wallace
>     Priority: Critical
>      Fix For: review
>  Attachments: browserGrid.003.pr
>
>
> Project authors typically would like their projects to be usable across a broad range of screen resolutions, OS's, browsers, etc.
> To this end, we should articulate a clear set of guidelines concerning screen-scaling and project dimensions when authoring projects.
> The set of cases to be dealt with is something like the cross-product of:
> (1)  Whether running in browser vs. running standalone
> (2)  Whether resolution in which project was authored is less than, equal to, or greater than resolution in which project is viewed.
> (3)  Whether operating "full screen" or within a window.
> We should decide:
> - What resolution do we recommend that authors use for creating projects intended to be used on screens of many different sizes.
> - When squeak opens a project, in-browser or not, what setting should be adopted for screen scaling?

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