Re: [Sugar-devel] Switching between activities?
Walter Bender writes: > The biggest downside is that some activities are very slow to launch... > especially on the XO. I guess the downside for children to get stuck with too many open activities on their XO is bigger than that of waiting for an activity to launch -- especially when using the computer for learning purpose, where you don't really need to switch between many activities. This argument holds /a fortiori/ on other hardware, where launchtime is better. Anyway, was just a thought. -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Switching between activities? (was Re: Nobody understands "Keep")
The biggest downside is that some activities are very slow to launch... especially on the XO. -walter On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi all, > > Greg Smith writes: > > > I forgot that switching to a new activity puts a copy of the old one > > on the Journal (20+ e-mails on that subject alone last year!). > > This comment and Daniel's ones about the Keep button just make me wonder > why Sugar should allow several activities to be open at the same time. > > Any strong case where this can be relevant? > > Actually I'm not suggesting to ditch "switching" itself, I just realized > that switching could be "quit-and-fetch-another-activity-from-journal." > > Then it would make sense to have another instance of the activity stored > in the journal when "switching" to an activity. > > > FYI my philosophy is that the user is never "wrong". > > I have the same. And I've seen many instances with the XO where I had > to explain why children "shouldn't" launch more than 3 or 4 activities. > Hence this proposal. Perhaps you considered this idea before - in that > case I'm interested in reading thru the discussion. > > Thanks, > > -- > Bastien > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Switching between activities? (was Re: Nobody understands "Keep")
Hi all, Greg Smith writes: > I forgot that switching to a new activity puts a copy of the old one > on the Journal (20+ e-mails on that subject alone last year!). This comment and Daniel's ones about the Keep button just make me wonder why Sugar should allow several activities to be open at the same time. Any strong case where this can be relevant? Actually I'm not suggesting to ditch "switching" itself, I just realized that switching could be "quit-and-fetch-another-activity-from-journal." Then it would make sense to have another instance of the activity stored in the journal when "switching" to an activity. > FYI my philosophy is that the user is never "wrong". I have the same. And I've seen many instances with the XO where I had to explain why children "shouldn't" launch more than 3 or 4 activities. Hence this proposal. Perhaps you considered this idea before - in that case I'm interested in reading thru the discussion. Thanks, -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
