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The OLPC XO Sugar OS

By mrdatahs January 13, 2008, 2:47 PM PST

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The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Launching applications

Launching applications

Moving the cursor to the corners pops up a border with available applications on the bottom and available views on the top.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Launching a Web browser

Launching a Web browser

Hovering over an icon will tell you the application it represents; clicking fires up the app.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The Web browser

The Web browser

Jump to any URL or use the OLPC recommended links at the left.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

OLPC library

OLPC library

Following the provided links gives some directed content; presumably this would be fleshed out at a local level.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The activity menu

The activity menu

Sugar is all about starting and stopping activities; the top tabs give you access to different icons, including those related to saving or quitting an activity.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The writing application

The writing application

Very straightforward writing application, allowing documents to be saved in HTML or RTF. I just can’t see Microsoft Word here.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The paint application

The paint application

Again, straightforward, icon-based, nothing fancy. You can make Valentines, though!

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The Keep icon

The Keep icon

This saves your work and sends it to the Journal application. This was the most confusing aspect of the OS for me, although kids new to computers may pick right up. The Keep icon doesn’t launch a “Save as” dialog; it just dumps files in the journal where they can be accessed and managed later.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

The journal

The journal

A searchable repository/history/log for documents, browsed pages, etc. This was actually a bit buggy, sometimes requiring the user to exit the journal and restart to see changes made to file attributes.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Graphic file representation

Graphic file representation

Files “kept” are represented in the Journal by a 1-page snapshot, as well as user-updateable tags.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

A Write document in the journal

A Write document in the journal

This is actually a nice interface for getting at your files once you stop looking for a directory structure. Will it provide adequate organization, though, once kids get more sophisticated?

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Squeak!

Squeak!

Not only does the OS include the graphical introduction to object-oriented programming, Squeak, but it also includes facilities for sharing programs with other XOs in the neighborhood.

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Tam Tam?

Tam Tam?

Not seeing the utility of this sound/music program. Anyone used it before? If so, how do you integrate it into a curriculum?

The OLPC XO Sugar OS

Home again

Home again

At the Home view, you can move between and close open “Activities”

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