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From: bob@ogg.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Bob Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: little kids software?
Message-ID: <1123@ogg.cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 88 02:20:21 GMT
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Organization: Computer Graphics Research Group, Columbus OH
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Summary: New Technology Coloring Book

My daughter started using New Techology Coloring Book from The Software
Toolworks when she was about 3 1/2.  It uses a "paint by numbers" scheme,
or more accurately "fill by numbers".  The images are from various
scientific areas.  Her favorites are the Skylab and the Shuttle.  She
is able to do it all herself, turning on the amiga, loading the
disks, clicking the start message and then selecting the pull-down menu
for the image catalog and picking the image to load.  This is all done
with the mouse.  She hates the keyboard and insists on putting it in the
"garage" before starting.  The other menu options (color changes, etc.)
are too complicated to select.  While she can handle parts of other
programs, this is the only program that she has been able to master all
by herself.  I would like to see more little kid oriented software.
Also, I would like to see simpler interfaces in general (simple
mouse actions, limited keyboard usage, simple menus, icons).
Then, little kids could have more fun with the amiga.

Robert Marshall
Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project
bob@ogg.cgrg.ohio-state.edu