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"OLPC has a "View Source" key": comment by Matt

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:01:52 EST

Cool - thanks Chris! I’m jealous that you get to work on OLPC. Talk about a dream job. :)

"OLPC has a "View Source" key": comment by Matt

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:59:39 EST

Cool - thanks Chris! I’m jealous that you get to work on OLPC. Talk about a dream job. :)

"OLPC has a "View Source" key": comment by Chris

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:01:36 EST

You’re not the only person to be excited about it:

http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/10/29/the-view-source-key http://welikesheep.org/node/358

(By the way, I’m a great fan of your Treo 650 work.)

"OLPC has a "View Source" key" by matt

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:08:18 EST

According to LinuxWorld, the OLPC is going to drop the caps-lock key in favour of a key named “view source”. The purpose of this key is to allow the children to figure out how the current webpage or application is written.

I’m not sure why this key appeals to me so much. Maybe it has something to do with typing in BASIC games on my old computers and being able to edit the source of GORILLA.BAS and other interesting programs to make them do what I wanted. I think it is a fantastic way for the children to get to know how things work. Think of it as a transparent case on an engine or an analog watch.