[kde-edu]: GUI policies and styles

CPH CP.Hennessy at openapp.biz
Mon Jan 17 12:37:36 CET 2005


Hi, 
  I've not been tracking this part of KDE for long but am involved with 
putting software on school PCs. One thing I have noticed about the interfaces 
for many of the KDE apps is that those focused at young children is that the 
interfaces do not seem to maintain a reasonably common interface. For many of 
the Windows based edu packages I've seen they seem to take over the full 
screen, it may also be a good idea to have themes aimed at various levels 
(e.g. full screen + big fonts + cartoonish look for pre-7 year olds + a small 
number of big buttons, big fonts + cartoonish look for 7-10 year olds, 
cartoonish look for 10-12 year olds).  

It may be a good idea to pull some ideas together and from that put a 
framework together which all relevant KDE edu apps can then use to implement 
whatever policies seem appropriate.

CPH


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