[kidsgames] Re: GUIs und kinder

[Jeffery Douglas Waddell <jeff@smluc.org>]

Hello Tom,

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 thudson@cygnus.com wrote:

> Leon Brooks wrote:
> >
> > I've often thought that a different input device, especially for the
> > very littlies, would be good. Somewhat easier under X than anything Bill
> > offers. Tracballs are probably impractical, unless the actual mechanism
> > can be completely sealed and easily cleaned, else it would quickly grind
> > to a halt on slobber, food, and the other disgusting substances which
> > abound in a child's world.
> >
> Yeah, I thought at one time that a touch screen might be great... then I got
> the picture of a monitor covered in peanut butter :-).

Ewweee, yuck, better be a McDonald's style touchpad/screen so that can be
wiped off easily.

>  
> > > I'm also a musician, and contribute
> > > to open source projects developing better multimedia
> > > capabilities for linux.
> > 
> > Great... do you have good references for _useable_ public domain
> > GM-based MIDI files?
> > 
> Not offhand. I have a semi-pro recording studio that I'm slowly
> reassembling after moving.

What does semi-pro mean?

> So hopefully I will be able to contibute
> original works, renditions of public domain music, and sound effects,
> Real Soon Now.

I look forward to it.  Are you aware of Rosegarden?

> 
> Thomas

Sincerely,

Jeff Waddell
jeff@smluc.org


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