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OLPC's UI To Be Kid-Tested In February

Posted by kdawson on from the nice-day-in-the-neighborhood dept.

dfoulger writes "The AP is reporting that kid testing of Negroponte's '$100 Laptop' starts in February. This article is some of the first mainstream coverage of just how different the user interface of the XO Computer is — it ditches the traditional office metaphors in favor of a 'neighborhood' and an activity-based journaling approach. Video of Sugar, as the UI is called, has been out on the net for a while, and Popular Science recently gave the color / monochrome display a 'Grand Award' in its 2006 technology roundup. What do you think of this new UI?"

2 of 140 comments (clear)

  1. OLPC by Spazntwich · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Kid tested, and might be mother approved had she not died of AIDS years ago.

  2. Wow, 20 years back in time by tentimestwenty · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Looks to have a little less power and user friendliness than a Mac Plus circa 1986. The word processor is just a joke. It reminds me of the horrible times I had trying to get text to format correctly with the limited alignment and font options they used to have.