On 6 Dec 2009, at 21:19, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > 2009/11/27 Aleksey Lim <alsr...@member.fsf.org>: >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 06:13:55AM +0000, Aleksey Lim wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Want to know what people think about Journal Plugins feature[1] >>> and particularly that design team think about UI changes[2] involved >>> in this feature. >>> >>> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Journal_Plugins# >>> [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Journal_Plugins#UI_changes >> >> I tweaked "Benefit to Sugar" section a bit >> >> * browsing different types of sugar object looks the same in many cases >> (search, tagging etc.). So, keep unified code base and do not split it could >> be useful idea. >> * for now, some activities have similar functionality(browsing Journal >> entries), so having plugins, we will use the same theme for browsing >> features in sugar >> * encourage developers create new view for different purposes(books, media >> etc.) >> * having plugins we don't stick to sugar releases, deployers could >> create/change plugins that support not only last sugar but version which is >> in deployment >> * having bookmarks, users can have fast access to his books/media-files/etc >> in the Journal(and using proper view plugin to browse them) >> * shared bookmarks is more powerful and useful method of network sharing(in >> comparing with "Send to" option) > > Can anyway relate these benefits from actual requests from deployments? > > I think this is something that would be good to do in Sugar at some > point, but I'm not convinced we are yet in the best moment for that.
I can't see us finding the right solution for the whole action/object view concept/requirements in the next few months. The Journal_Plugins idea seem rather scary to me at the moment, and has a very broad effect that would need much design work (security, UI confusion, documentation issues). Now I admit I was hoping we had another shot at including the thumbnail view for 0.88 (thumbnails would seem to be a genuine improvement for finding/browsing many Journal entry types, and likely the default view for kids)... Perhaps just adding the thumbnail image (if available) to the Journal hover palette could be a low risk improvement we could agree on? The design intent seems to go way back in Sugar history, so lightly has plenty of supporters. Regards, --Gary _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
