[Sugar-devel] Activity toolbar redesign: What to do with 'simple' activities?

[Simon Schampijer]

On 08/12/2009 04:34 PM, Gary C Martin wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On 12 Aug 2009, at 11:13, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just ported the hello world example to the new toolbar design [1]. I
>> remember that once Gary pointed out, that simple activities will look
>> 'empty' when we move them to the new design (screenshot attached),
>> Chat would be a famous case. Most of the activities does have options,
>> though.
>>
>> How do we go forward with that? Live with that compromise? Other ideas?
>
> Thanks for the screenshot and bringing this up again. FWIW, it's not
> just looking 'empty' that is the issue. It's the fact that previously
> well designed simple activities with a single toolbar, now all have to
> get 2 toolbars for no good reason other than it makes the more
> complicated activities, a little simpler. All activities now also need
> to be able to deal with live resizing of their canvases, goodness knows
> what will be done with TamTamMini's packed layout (perhaps a full UI
> redesign moving some canvas button controls into the toolbar, ouch, a
> lot of work)!
>
> I'll sit and stare at the HelloWorld toolbar screenshot, contemplating
> it's emptiness and the eternal void, perhaps I be enlightened, but I
> think this may be the price we have to pay for consistency in this
> design :-(
>
> Regards,
> --Gary
>

Hey Gary - did you see Eben's comment? Would you prefer to that we go 
down that road? We are still open for discussions :)

Heads up,
    Simon