1. Sugar development roadmap
Bernie Innocenti
Sugar Labs Foundation

3. 6-month release cycles Sugar 0.82 – August 2008
Sugar 0.84 – March 2009
Sugar 0.86 – September 2009
Sugar 0.88 – March 2010
Sugar 0.90 – September 2010?

4. Sugar is not done yet!
We have a long way to go before Sugar can be considered feature-complete

5. Quite an ambitious project!
“Sugar is the first serious attempt to create an environment based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners will engage in authentic exploration and collaboration.”
— Walter Bender

6. Sugar 1.0 - Pedagogical Goals
Portfolio (journal publishing)
Tools for student assessment
Easy authoring tools for interactive content
Interaction with online social networks
How about printing support? ;-)

7. Sugar 1.0 - Technical Goals
Stable Activity API
Better interoperability with GNOME
Robust presence service
Journal: events, objects, tags, versions
Browser based on WebKit
Automated tests

8. Short Term - Usability Goals
Clear and complete error messages in all cases
Check compatibility on activity installation
Full keyboard navigability
Make Sugar activities work in GNOME
Allow starting GNOME applications from Sugar
Speedup activity startup, reduce memory usage

9. Sugar 0.88 on the XO ETA: August 2010

10. Activity toolbar redesign

11. Activity toolbar redesign

12. Multiwindow applications

13. Flash Activities

14. Tabs in Browse

15. Ad-hoc networks

16. Epub support in Read

17. Activity updater (A.SL.O)

18. Improved accessibility

19. Keyboard settings

20. Favorites View improvements

21. Send Activities to your Friends

22. New Share button

23. Favorites View improvements

24. Favorites View improvements

25. Reorder items in buddy menu

26. GSM / 3G connectivity

27. Feedback on startup problems

28. Internet is our office Anyone can participate
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