[sugar] [PATCH] screenshots hurt

[Mikus Grinbergs]

> Isn't the Icon in the journal always the same for any given activity?

That's what the TITLE FIELD in the Activity is for -- to distinguish 
(in the journal) between multiple uses of that same activity.


Admittedly, some kids may have a better visual memory than textual 
skills.  But the thumbnail in the detail view of the journal entry 
is often not easy to identify - to suggest that it be used as the 
principal "distinguishing identifier" *will* slow Sugar down.

One thing I wish for is that *every* Activity had a 'keep' icon in 
its menu (I miss 'keep' in Terminal), such that the kid who wants to 
use thumbnails to remember past activities can *choose* the content 
he wants to put into the thumbnail.  (I have no problem with an 
automatic creation of the thumbnail when an activity session is 
"closed" for good.)


I personally fail to see the utility of thumbnails while navigating 
between open activity sessions.  I myself *do* remember what was 
going on in each of the activities I have open (when I navigate, 
what I look at is the whole session, not just the thumbnail), and 
can easily stop navigating when I recognize my intended destination. 
  What matters to me is getting to that destination quickly.

[If someone wants to "page" through the journal while looking at 
thumbnails -- fine, let them.  Just don't slow me down when I am NOT 
"paging" that way through the journal.]


mikus