Description metadata

[quozl]

Activity Browse does not show description metadata.

It isn't a common piece of metadata, I only know of about 14 activities that use it, but where it is used it goes further in describing than the summary.

[srevinsaju]

Ok, should I add the description metadata as a replacement of summary, or along with summary?

[quozl]

Don't know.

Here's the 14 activities data; bundle id, summary, and description, using repr()

'org.laptop.WebActivity'
'Surf the world!'
'\n<p>Surf the world! Here you can do research, watch educational videos, take online courses, find books, connect with friends and more.  Browse is powered by the WebKit2 rendering engine with the Faster Than Light javascript interpreter - allowing you to view the full beauty of the web.</p>\n<p>To help in researching, Browse offers many features:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bookmark (save) good pages you find - never loose good resources or forget to add them to your bibliography</li>\n<li>Bookmark pages with collaborators in real time - great for researching as a group or teachers showing pages to their class</li>\n<li>Comment on your bookmarked pages - a great tool for making curated collections</li>\n</ul>'

'org.laptop.community.Finance'
"Want to wisely manage money? Learn financial planning basics and track your family's finance, make your own budget and learn how to make every penny count!"
"\n<p>Here is what you can use Finance activity for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn financial planning basics</li>\n<li>Track your group's finance</li>\n<li>Check every income and outcome</li>\n</ul>"

'org.worldwideworkshop.olpc.FlipSticks'
'Using keyframes, program a stick figure to twist and dance'
'Flipsticks is a keyframe animation activity that lets you pose\nand program a stick figure to walk, run, rotate, twist, tumble and\ndance. You can save your animations to the journal and will soon be\nable to share them via the mesh. Flipsticks can be used to explore\nconcepts in geometry, computer programming and animation; it helps\ndevelop spatial and analytical thinking skills.'

'org.gcompris'
'Suite of educational activities for early elementary students'
'Practice of computer skills, practice of math, simple word processor.'

'org.laptop.MeasureActivity'
'Oscilloscope program for visualizing microphone input.'
'\n<p>Program for visualizing microphone input</p>\n<p>Using this program you can easily visualize your voice or even a musical instrument.</p>'

'org.laptop.Memorize'
'Here you can play games that challenge your memory! But, more importantly, you can create your own game to test the memory of others!'
'\n<p>Memorize is about finding matching pairs. A pair can be images, sounds and text and this could be extended to animations or movie snippets as well. Which pairs match is up to the creator of the game. Memorize is more than a predefined game you can play, it allows you to create new games yourself as well.</p>'

'com.garycmartin.Moon'
'For all those interested in the moon! See the different phases of the moon, latitudes and longitudes and impress all by "predicting" the next full moon!'
'\n<p>Moon-activity is a Moon phase viewer.</p>\n<p>You can also get information about Moon age and surface visibility.</p>\n<p>In addition using Moon-activity you are able to predict next New Moon, next Full Moon, next Solar eclipse and next Lunar eclipse.</p>'

'org.laptop.MusicBlocksWebActivity'
'Surf the world!'
'Launch the Music Blocks inside the Sugar Browse activity'

'vu.lux.olpc.Speak'
'An animated face that speaks whatever you type'
'Speak is a talking face.  Anything you type will be spoken aloud using a speech synthesizer.  You can adjust the accent, rate and pitch of the voice as well as the shape of the eyes and mouth.  This is a great way to experiment with a speech synthesizer, learn to type or just have fun making a funny face.'

'org.laptop.TamTamSuite'
'A music and sound exploration application for Sugar'
'TamTam is a suite of four music and sound related activities\nfor Sugar. TamTam is written in python with some C functions for\nspeed-critical services. The audio engine for TamTam is Csound.'

'org.sugarlabs.TortugaMexico'
'A Logo-inspired turtle that draws colorful pictures with snap-together visual programming blocks'
'Turtle Art, also known as Turtle Blocks, is an activity with a Logo-inspired graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming, graphics, mathematics, and Computer Science features which will challenge the more adventurous student.'

'org.laptop.TurtleArtActivity'
'A Logo-inspired turtle that draws colorful pictures with snap-together visual programming blocks'
'Turtle Art, also known as Turtle Blocks, is an activity with a Logo-inspired graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming, graphics, mathematics, and Computer Science features which will challenge the more adventurous student.'

'org.laptop.TurtleArtActivity'
'A Logo-inspired turtle that draws colorful pictures with snap-together visual programming blocks'
'Turtle Art, also known as Turtle Blocks, is an activity with a Logo-inspired graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming, graphics, mathematics, and Computer Science features which will challenge the more adventurous student.'

'org.tuxpaint'
'Drawing program designed for young children'
'Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12.  It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.'

[srevinsaju]

Thanks. I have added the feature. Please feel free to reopen the issue, if something is missing