I would like to propose another idea for GSoC. It is inspired by students I mentor in Tver State University and is a part of their current term project. So… (A prototype of) "Esse", a framework for visualizing, storing and exploring ideas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level: Intermediate Possible mentor: Dennis Schetinin Possible second mentor: ??? Description Simply put, this is a framework for building presentations of a new generation. Somewhat similar to http://prezi.com, but even more advanced in perspective. The emphasis is on supporting thinking processes, saving, evolving, presenting and sharing ideas. Technical Details A possible result for the project can be described as follows: - an unbounded workspace that can be visualized and browsed with a camera metaphor (including panning, zooming, rotating operations) - set of conventional graphics primitives to build presentations (like text, boxes, pictures, arrows, etc.) - a capability to put any morph in the workspace - creating paths for camera, animations - tools to control presentation and change it "on-the-fly" Morphic seems to be the main subject of the project at the current stage. Benefits to the Student The student will learn Morphic, practice in building GUI applications/frameworks, improve Smalltalk programming skills. Benefits to the community - Morphic, GUI improvements - Unbounded workspace conception looks great as a basis for future development environment - Looking forward, popularize Smalltalk by presenting some benefits of its live object environment - … Best regards, Dennis Schetinin Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)