On 19 Feb 2009, at 15:23, Simon Schampijer wrote: > Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> as you may know, we recently added a change to the favorites view >> that >> makes easier to resume existing instances instead of always launching >> new ones. >> >> This option is disabled by default and users need to go to a palette >> and guess what that checkbox serves for. >> >> We added that option because the feature was experimental, but now >> some feel it may be appropriate to make it the only option, because >> if >> not the naming alert gets quite annoying in some cases. >> >> So, who agrees and who disagrees with changing the favorite view to >> resume activities by default? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tomeu > > Resume by default - on by default!
+1 The icon rollover high-light isn't quite as pretty yet :-p in resume mode, but the utility of the change is otherwise good. I must admit, I do have this underlying urge to be able to create 'new' fresh blank activity from an already instanced activity (I know... this isn't the model)... I noticed it with my 2 nieces & 1 nephew (7-10yrs) last month. They would have a go at say painting, then want to paint something new. Trying to: 1) show them how to find the stop button (often hidden in a different tab) 2) get them back to the home view (and not the Journal) 3) get them to start a new paint activity (and wait) Was quite a challenge (I don't think I really succeeded). The two youngest both learnt how to make a large white brush and start painting out their last picture, ready to start again, they didn't managed to get the hang of changing tabs and using 'edit' -> 'clear', even though I pointed it out several times. Not being able to use tabs very well to get to the 'stop' button often meant that when I popped over to see how they were getting on they would have just launched many new instances, all left running in the top frame, each with a different painting. I'm assuming the resume by default would help as they were getting to the home screen, and a click would have jumped them back to their previous painting, 'stop' may have then been something they would have realised they needed to do/learn, "UNCLE GARY!! How do I make this painting go away? I want to make another..." --Gary > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel