At 12:53 7/01/2009, you wrote:
>Hi List
>
>I'm trying to find out more about how to apply user preferences
>(like Windows themes and preferences
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/personalize, or user
>CSS style sheets http://24ways.org/2008/user-styling, or maybe IMS
>Learner Profiles http://www.imsglobal.org/profiles) to a computer
>that someone logs into that they may not have used before.
>
>Some Windows XP themes are fairly large, and our network people are
>not happy about the possibility of downloading megabytes of
>theme-related images, even if this could be done via a roaming
>profile. I'm not sure how other operating systems might support these.
>
>Another possibility would be storing the theme and other preferences
>on a USB drive, like AccessApps
>(http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/accessapps), which a user may
>carry around with them anyway, and have software resources designed
>to run directly from the USB drive with no local installation. Maybe
>you could launch/initialize preferences/themes with an autoplay routine.
>
>Of course, you'd also want a theme, preference and style sheet
>creation tool and saving method, as well as storage and retrieval.
>
>Any suggestions?
I'm not sure if you are exploring roaming profiles generally or only
within the context of Windows.
If you are interested in roaming profiles generally, I'd like to
point out that Sun's Sun Ray system also supports this.
For more on Sun Ray, see:
*
<http://www.sun.com/software/index.jsp?cat=Desktop&tab=3&subcat=Sun%20Ray%20Clients>
* <http://www.sun.com/desktop/sun-ray-clients.jsp>
* <http://wiki.sun-rays.org/index.php/Sun_Ray_Community>
There is also accessibility work being done in this area, so blind
users would also have a screen reader available wherever they log in etc.
This is a thin-client approach that requires a server, so it's not
ideal for every use case.
Best regards,
Christophe Strobbe
>Tavis Reddick
>Web Content and Architecture Developer
>ICT Systems Development
>ICT Department
>Adam Smith College
>telephone: +44 (0)1592 223313
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