[Bugs] #652 UNSP: Potential Journal Detail View improvements (Mock-up)

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#652: Potential Journal Detail View improvements (Mock-up)
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    Reporter:  garycmartin                |          Owner:  tomeu                      
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 I've tried to come up with some small evolutionary, iterative design
 changes to the detail view to improve usage and usability. The main goal
 is to increase it's usefulness when looking back over Journal entries.
 Attached are 2 mock-up images, the first just shows the current main
 Journal view before the user has clicked on the entry titled "Screenshot";
 the second image shows the new design for the Detail View. It includes:

 1) The correct v shaped back icon, to match the one found on the right of
 the main Journal view.

 2) Move of the back button to the far right edge, so than when clicking a
 detail button in the main Journal view you mouse is already over the
 button to get you back out again (behaviour is the same as current Back
 button). It also provides an easier mouse target as it's flush against the
 screen edge (Fitts Law).

 3) The next Journal entry shown at the top of the view, just as it looks
 from the main Journal view (except for a grey background). It has no
 function other than to act as a Next button to move the Detail view to
 that entry.

 4) The previous Journal entry shown at the bottom of the view, just as it
 looks from the main Journal view (except for a grey background). It has no
 function other than to act as a Previous button to move the Detail view to
 that entry.

 5) Minor alignment of the thumbnail image with the other boxes, and
 addition of the work "Preview".

 Clicking the Next/Previous areas allows navigation through the Journal
 entries in Detail view rather than having to hunt and peck, increasing the
 chance you can find what you're after and the likelihood of a user adding
 Description and Tag data.

 FWIW: I'd rather this entry view ability was just part of the main Journal
 view, like an in-place fold-out, (and not another 'view' at all), but this
 at least seems a smaller step with less technical issues.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/652>
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