[kde-edu]: announcement

[Jos Poortvliet]

On 10/11/07, Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annemarie.mahfouf at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Jos,
>
> That rocks, thanks!
> Maybe you can note down that Marble got a prize at the QtCenter contest: it
> was first in the Desktop Application category and third in the Custom Widget
> category
> http://contest.qtcentre.org/results

Added.

> Cheers,
>
> Anne-Marie
>
> Jos Poortvliet, vous avez écrit:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > thanks to all the work you've been doing, the edu part of KDE will get
> > some attention in the release announcement ;-)
> >
> > I thus would like to collect some comments on the text below - how
> > complete is it and what did I say wrong?
> >
> >
> > Educational Software
> >
> >  As we have come to expect, a lot of work has going on in the
> > educational area. Last month saw improvements in marble, KVoctrain
> > (now renamed to Parley) and bugfixes.
> >
> > KVoctrain, an application which can be used to train language
> > vocabulary, received usability work, features and a namechange. The
> > new name, Parley, points to a discussion or conference, especially one
> > between enemies over terms of truce or other matters. This fresh name
> > is fitting for the shiney new interface. It became much easier and
> > intuitive to start and display lectures, and the practice gui got
> > improved as well. You can now skip configuration - just enter some
> > words or get a vocabulary file through Get Hot New Stuff to practice,
> > hit "practice" and you are on your way. Frederik Gladhorn also got to
> > implement a three year old wish thanks to the new and easy "start
> > test" dialog, making it possible to use arbitrary language
> > combinations. Finally, Parley became more colorful when the picture
> > support was added, which enables users to practise with pictures as
> > well. edu Parley.png
> >
> >  Thanks to the work by Carlos Licea, Marble sports a new 2D projection
> > where you can view the earth like a map. Marble also retrieves
> > Wikipedia articles about cities you select. edu marble.png
> >
> >  On saturday the 15th of October, the KDE-Edu team had a polish day.
> > This let to many fixes and improvements, most notably in Blinken,
> > KGeography, KHangMan and Marble. Also a global sound issue has been
> > fixed in all Edu apps, and currently there is investigation going on
> > in the Get Hot New Stuff area.
> >
> >  After all this work, the edu team is now shifting gears and focusing
> > on stabilization and translation work, though there still are some
> > things in the pipeline.
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