The Small Is Good World Marketplace and Negroponte’s $100 computer
November 29th, 2005
- Mark Grimes said:
- [snip] In other words, it needs to work on the $100 windup computer, so tech like Second Life is way out of the question for a few years. I’d love it if it could be done in Flash.
Both Christina and nmw hit the nail on the head… Flash simply does not meet your LCD criteria. The biggest issue being accessibility (not just disability-wise but cross-culturally) and bandwidth.
There are really two different LCDs to be met:
- Participant platform - minimum for a microenterprise supplier, community marketers, etc.
- On-line Shopper platform - minimum for a compelling story-driven, game-oriented shopping experience
As we discussed on our phone call, the LCD computer-based Participant platform should be the Nicholas Negroponte $100 laptop. (There also needs to be a ‘last mile’ participant platform that is not computer-based, but that is an issue for another conversation.)
The On-line Shopper platform is another issue entirely. While it is getting easier and easier to support multiple DDCs (device delivery channels), there still needs to be an LCD minimally acceptable platform. To our mind that means “modern” (but not cutting edge) HTML with CSS (cascading style sheets).
As we look at our various web site logs, the truly ancient browsers are disappearing. It used to be a significant challenge to write a static (or template-based dynamic) HTML page that could be rendered the same (or nearly so) in all the generation 3, 4, 5, etc. browsers. Even modest use of cascading stylesheets was problematic when there were so many browsers of so many evolutionary standards around.
Thankfully, we are moving beyond that Babel-onian era. There are a number of free, modern, full-featured, small-to-download web browsers that can handle a modern web page with CSS positioning and styles, etc. Add in optional Javascript and you would be amazed at how interactive your browsing experience can be.
So while exotic channels, such as SecondLife and Flash, may find a role to play in NED on-line commerce, we believe these channels must be optional supplements rather than a minimum entry requirement.
–Sohodojo Timlynn and Jim–
Entry Filed under: Entrepreneurial Community Ecosystems, Globalization 3.0 and the Small Is Good World, NED - Philanthropic Franchise
The Small Is Good World Marketplace and Negroponte’s $100 computer
November 29th, 2005
- Mark Grimes said:
- [snip] In other words, it needs to work on the $100 windup computer, so tech like Second Life is way out of the question for a few years. I’d love it if it could be done in Flash.
Both Christina and nmw hit the nail on the head… Flash simply does not meet your LCD criteria. The biggest issue being accessibility (not just disability-wise but cross-culturally) and bandwidth.
There are really two different LCDs to be met:
- Participant platform - minimum for a microenterprise supplier, community marketers, etc.
- On-line Shopper platform - minimum for a compelling story-driven, game-oriented shopping experience
As we discussed on our phone call, the LCD computer-based Participant platform should be the Nicholas Negroponte $100 laptop. (There also needs to be a ‘last mile’ participant platform that is not computer-based, but that is an issue for another conversation.)
The On-line Shopper platform is another issue entirely. While it is getting easier and easier to support multiple DDCs (device delivery channels), there still needs to be an LCD minimally acceptable platform. To our mind that means “modern” (but not cutting edge) HTML with CSS (cascading style sheets).
As we look at our various web site logs, the truly ancient browsers are disappearing. It used to be a significant challenge to write a static (or template-based dynamic) HTML page that could be rendered the same (or nearly so) in all the generation 3, 4, 5, etc. browsers. Even modest use of cascading stylesheets was problematic when there were so many browsers of so many evolutionary standards around.
Thankfully, we are moving beyond that Babel-onian era. There are a number of free, modern, full-featured, small-to-download web browsers that can handle a modern web page with CSS positioning and styles, etc. Add in optional Javascript and you would be amazed at how interactive your browsing experience can be.
So while exotic channels, such as SecondLife and Flash, may find a role to play in NED on-line commerce, we believe these channels must be optional supplements rather than a minimum entry requirement.
–Sohodojo Timlynn and Jim–
Entry Filed under: Entrepreneurial Community Ecosystems, Globalization 3.0 and the Small Is Good World, NED - Philanthropic Franchise
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