Originally posted by Aaron Roberts:
Hey I've got a similiar issue with my 3 year old daughter! I wanted to let her 'use' the computer like daddy, but she has a hard time clicking 'where she should'.
I've almost finished a program you might like. It opens a jframe that is maximized. The screen has 4 image areas, which have a randomly colored ellipse drawn. At the bottom is a rainbow colored next button.
As my daughter clicks the ellipse buttons, they switch to a picture. If she clicks them again, they switch back to a new colored ellipse. When the next button is clicked, the buttons all swap to new colored ellipses, with new pictures under them.
To add pictures, you simply drop whatever JPG/PNG/GIF you want into a picture directory and run the app. I've got pictures of her relatives and friends in the pics dir. I'm collecting pictures of her favorite child characters such as Dora, the Wiggles, Blue, etc, so she can uncover them as she's clicking around!
Everything is jumbo sized for her, so she can easily click and make things happen. I've just added sound to, so that a random sound is heard each time she clicks a button. Its not quite working right between 1.4.2 and 1.5.0beta.
I'd be happy to send it to you.
Regards,
Aaron R>
[ May 18, 2004: Message edited by: Aaron Roberts ]
Aaron, that would be great if you could send that to me.
I'd also like to figure out if what I want to do with the mouse and the canvas is possible. Thanks.