Comments on: Dollar Street

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:01:23 +0000

It is ironic. BUT, it is unfortunate because a lot of school computer labs in the US are Mac labs and this would be so geat for kids to see.

By: Brendan Faulkner

Brendan Faulkner — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:58:32 +0000

I seem to require a password to extract the file once it is downloaded. Does anyone else have this problem or is it my network at school here? If there is a password, could someone please let me know what it is?

Thank you kindly,

By: Klara

Klara — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:00:01 +0000

Dear John & Oliver,

I encountered the same problem when helping a friend (it told us we needed to download Shockwave though we had already done that). We managed to solve it this way:
1. restarted the computer (don’t know if this was necessary)
2. Right-clicked on the link – selected “Save target as”
3. Saved the zip file on the desktop of the computer
4. Extracted the files to a new folder (right click the zipped folder, select “Extract all files”)
- and then it worked! (open the folder, click “Start” then select “Run”)
I don’t know if this will help you but I hope so, it’s a great program.

By: Ajx

Ajx — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:54:28 +0000

I found it ironic after spending some time going through the pictures on the “left side of the street” that I came back to the comments and they were predominantly from folks complaining about lack of a Mac version (apparently from folks on the right side of the street?). For those who can find nothing better to do than complain – please borrow a PC from a friend and have a look. After you see the pictures in the presentation, you might think twice before complaining about the format – or complaining about anything for that matter….

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Development Indicators - How do they work? | Bec's Classes — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:14:57 +0000

[...] of development and development indicators. To begin with I am going to show you a download called Dollar Street from Gapminder. Following this, we will play a development [...]

By: Debasis

Debasis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:29:23 +0000

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By: Staffan

Staffan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:11:52 +0000

Dear Jonathan, sorry but Dollar Street does not exist in Mac-format, I am afraid. It’s a beautiful idea and tool but its not quite complete, technically. It’s not impossible that Dollar Street is something we will re-develop in the future, and then of course also for mac, but as of today, nothing is in the pipeline.

We hear what you’re saying, we agree and see what we can do.

/Staffan, Gapminder

Ps. At Gapminder, PC does not have a larger share…

By: Tim Riggs

Tim Riggs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:21:29 +0000

The above MAC problem could be solved by using a free download called ‘Flip to MAC’ – works on my MacBook and on my iMac… Give it a try – Hope that helps

Regards
Tim Riggs

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:25:10 +0000

Please create FORMAT SWF or anything thats UNIVERSAL not just PC.

I understand that PC has larger share of the market however please be kind to ALL COMPUTER USERS not just for windows.

Peace & Happiness

Thank you

ps if anyone finds this data executable in Mac please send me a email = tenshady@gmail.com

By: Staffan

Staffan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:56:59 +0000

Dollar Street was one of the first products Gapminder made in 2001. Although it was not completely finalized we have chosen to make the beta version available for download in the state it is, even though it is not bug-free and even though it doesn’t work on a Mac.

We will not improve this existing version, and if future versions of Shockwave makes it impossible to run Dollar street, the only option we have is to remove it completely. Since it still works on many PC we will leave it on-line for now.

We do recognize that the concept is very useful and appreciated and that Dollar Street even in the existing version can is used is for us a sign that the concept can be developed more in the future.