[IAEP] How many Activities?

[Eben Eliason]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> I disagree actually.  The intended model is closer to providing as
>> many "small" activities as possible - each of which does "one-thing"
>> really well - with the hope of providing a rich inter-activity
>> experience.  I don't think we've achieved this goal yet (the visual
>> clipboard is incomplete, copy/paste support in general is spotty, we
>> don't have good ways to pass data between activies, etc), but we're
>> certainly still aiming for it.
>
> Is this simple point loudly enough expressed?  Because I think it's a
> central architectural decision, and I don't think people understand it.

Perhaps not.  The HIG alludes to it
(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/Design_Fundamentals/Key_Design_Principles#Simplicity),
but it could be more prominent.  Perhaps a paragraph about it at the
beginning of the activities section itself would be good.  Other
ideas?

- Eben