[IAEP] 2 design proposals: home view, discoverable shortcuts

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

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This is not a comprehensive response, but

Edward Cherlin wrote:
> activities must be available before they have been used,
> meaning when they do not appear in the Journal.

This is a front on which we have actually made some progress.  I believe
it is already the case that any activity installed as a .xo bundle appears
as such in the Journal, even if it has never been launched.  The next step
is to make sure that all Activities appear as Journal entries, so that
they are susceptible to the usual mechanisms for search, tagging,
deletion, etc.. Throw in a special "create new instance" option on
Activity journal entries, and we're functionally ready.

>> 6.  The "Leftovers panel" does not seem to add any value.  Instead, we can
>> simply grow or shrink the number of items shown on the home view itself,
>> changing the ring into a sunflower, or eventually even a grid with scrollbars.
> 
> Can you mock that up?

Much of this has already been implemented.  See
http://dev.laptop.org/attachment/ticket/7685/Screenshot_1.png

- --Ben


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