PhET Progress Report
May 22, 2008
An online version of this report is available here.
Here’s a pie chart representation of the time distribution.
· Localization
o Converted many sims to use preferred fonts
§ Resolves problems for Japanese
§ Improves support for Arabic
o Fixed font selection for option dialogs (JOptionPane)
· Build Process
o Improved support for deploying a batch of launchable sims to dev/
§ We’ll use this to test for translation coverage
· Meetings
o Met with John regarding piccolo/nuclear-physics
o Met with Mike to discuss sim design
o Discussed simulation units change with Chris
· Unfuddle Notifier
o Found a way to detect server failure and automatically recover
o Let me know if you see any problems
· Sim-Test
o Improved code that iterates over all simulations and takes a screenshot
o Used this to look for sims that don’t have good font support
· Repository
o Removed many instances and occurrences of former phet “phi” icon
· Fitness Simulation
o Internationalized
o All identified to-do’s are here
Upcoming Work
·
Support
for sim testing
·
Piccolo
bounds bug, see #558
·
Platform-issues
·
Fitness
Simulation
1. Prioritize recommended to-do’s
2. Decide when we should post 1.0 on the main
site
3. Shall we handle translations of food/exercise repository?
4. Choose a title (below)
·
Reduced
hours for another week or so
·
New sim
after Fitness?
Sim Titles
· Food and Exercise
· Calories in Food and Exercise
· Exercise & Eats
· Eats and Exercise
· Calorie/Fitness
· Diet and Exercise
· Exercise and Diet
· Exercise and Foods
· Eating and Working Out
