On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 15:30, Erik Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:55:09AM -0400, Walter Bender wrote: >> 1. When? Nobody's cited examples where it's more desirable to use >> Alt-Tab than the dedicated key. >> >> I use Sugar as much on a non-XO as I do on an XO and so I often don't >> have a dedicated key to access the Journal. I would need to resort to >> opening the Frame and then clicking on the Journal icon--too many >> steps. Speaking personally, having come from the wonderful world of >> Emacs, I tend to be more comfortable with key sequences than using >> dedicated keys. Of course, in both cases, we are not talking about a >> novice user. But my rule of thumb is that the Journal should be easier >> to access, not harder. Removing it from the Alt-Tab sequence makes it >> that much harder to find. >> > > Perhaps this has changed in more recent jhbuilds, but on the > sugar-emulator downloadable from the Ubuntu Hardy repositories, pressing > F4 gets me to the Journal. F1-F3 are neighborhood through home view. I > think it's a little strange that the relative layout of the keys is > different, but there does appear to be a dedicated key.
F4 is the Activity view: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/Zoom_Metaphor#Activity - so it is consistent with F1-F3 and the group of four zoom keys on the XO. If you open another activity, it doesn't take you to Journal any more... _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
