[Bugs] #630 UNSP: Journal full message has issues

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#630: Journal full message has issues
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    Reporter:  wadeb                      |          Owner:  tomeu                      
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Git as of bugdate          
    Severity:  Major                      |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  SoaS                       |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 Currently there is no way to dismiss the modal "Journal full" dialog that
 appears when the Journal is out of space.  The user is forced to go to the
 Journal.

 Then, when reaching the Journal, the dialog appears redundantly on top of
 the Journal itself.

 If the user is unable to fix the problem using the Journal (say the file
 system filled up some other way), it becomes impossible to open a Terminal
 activity to fix the problem, without being forced back into the Journal.

 1) There should be a way to close the dialog without going to the Journal.

 2) When the Journal is active, the dialog should be suppressed, and
 instead an Alert should indicate that the Journal is almost full, with
 extra details like percentage remaining.

 3) In my opinion, Journal Full should not be a modal dialog at all, but a
 notification similar to the way Chat and IRC notify you when you have a
 new message.  As you can continue to use Sugar, this feels like an abuse
 of a modal dialog.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/630>
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