[sugar] Home view

[Bert Freudenberg]

Excellent idea.

- Bert -

Am 09.10.2008 um 16:13 schrieb Walter Bender:

> Maybe the list view belongs as part of the Sugar Control Panel.
>
> -walter
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Bert Freudenberg  
> <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am 09.10.2008 um 14:20 schrieb Mikus Grinbergs:
>>
>>>> So, how about removing the list view and leaving that task to the
>>>> Journal? It's a much more logical place anyway, the list view is
>>>> basically a filtered view of the activity bundles in the Journal,
>>>> right? So if the Journal allowed a filter to just show activities  
>>>> we
>>>> would not need the list view and remove one point of confusion.
>>>
>>> When I install Activities I do so through 'sugar-install-bundle',
>>> not through the Journal.  In this proposal, I would be left without
>>> a GUI listing of the Activities installed on my system.  [I believe
>>> a customization key does not journalize the Activities it installs,
>>> either.]
>>
>> Well, it should. And using the command line should have the same
>> result as using the GUI.
>>
>>> My perception of the list view in Home is "here is an user interface
>>> specifically suited for the manipulation of activity bundles".  I'd
>>> prefer to delete/upgrade/install activities through here, rather
>>> than through Journal.  [The other views of Home show activity labels
>>> only with hovering - I have way too many activities installed for me
>>> to try to remember what each icon represents.]
>>
>>
>> Good point. The favorites view should be able to show labels, too.  
>> But
>> the list view gets in the way more often than it is useful for me  
>> (and
>> using activities surely outweighs installing/removing activities by
>> far).
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
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