[kde-edu]: announcement

[Inge Wallin]

On Friday 12 October 2007 14:38, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Inge Wallin <inge at lysator.liu.se> wrote:
> > On Friday 12 October 2007 11:57, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > It actually got *two* prizes: Best desktop app, and 3rd best qt custom
> > widget.
>
> She did write that, right? I just used her text:
>
> "Marble got a prize at the QtCenter contest: it was first in the
> Desktop Application category and third in the Custom Widget category"

Right.  Sorry.

That's what I get for reading too fast and too sloppily.

	-Inge

> >         -Inge
> >
> > > > 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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> > Inge Wallin               | Thus spake the master programmer:            
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> >                           |      "After three days without programming,  
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> > inge at lysator.liu.se       |       life becomes meaningless."             
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> >                           | Geoffrey James: The Tao of Programming.      
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-- 
Inge Wallin               | Thus spake the master programmer:               |
                          |      "After three days without programming,     |
inge at lysator.liu.se       |       life becomes meaningless."                |
                          | Geoffrey James: The Tao of Programming.         |