[IIAB] [XSCE] Rendrering maps on XO1 at Silar's Orphanage Haiti

[Braddock]

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On 09/04/2013 05:55 PM, John Kim wrote:
> I tested this on the XO-1 running sugar 11.3.1. These are some of
> my observations.

Thanks.  Notes embedded.  I'm forwarding to the xsce-devel list since
your post there bounced.

> Maps
> 
> * Double-clicking to zoom into state has a very static transition.
> It would dim out into grey before I can see the zoomed map.
> Hopefully, the zooming becomes smoother.

Not much we can do about that, it is controlled by the leafletjs library.

> * The other queries below the search bar are extremely small,
> probably three times smaller than the text entered into the search
> bar.

Please open a github ticket for this.

> * Dragging around is slow, but it works.

The XO-1 is a pretty slow machine.

> * I noticed that that when I search for a city, it takes me to a 
> zoomed out view, usually not in the same current zoom settings. o
> e.g. I look at Los Angeles in a zoomed level so I can read the 
> street names.  When I search for Paris, I'm brought back to the 
> overhead view. * There are no buttons to return to iiab home from
> maps!  I have to change the url instead, which is somewhat
> inconvenient.

File a ticket for this.  We need a "home" button.

> I still think the icons on the top bar, like that of Wikipedia,
> are still very small.

Please file a ticket.

> I don't think Flash comes by default on XO-1.  It must be
> installed separately [1]. As of this writing, I haven't tried it
> out yet. Should I do it?

No.  Getting a flash video player would require re-encoding all of our
video and completely changing the way we play it.  We simply have an
HTML5 video requirement for video.

> Will the move for videos to HTML5 be done soon? May I also ask how
> is this accomplished?

HTML5 is how it is done now.  Look at the source.

- -braddock
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