[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] Remove the keep button from the default activity toolbar

[Frederick Grose]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   > No, sorry.  The current prompt-on-quit is fine, as it only occurs
>   > when you stop a brand new activity instance. It basically asks
>   > "do you want me to keep track of this thing in your Journal," and
>   > from then on it will auto-save as usual.
>   >
>   > Since the Keep button is causing so much confusion, I was
>   > proposing to remove it for now (until we have more complete
>   > version support), but keep the prompt the first time a new
>   > instance is stopped. We can still skip the prompt if the instance
>   > is manually renamed, under the assumption that naming the item
>   > implies a desire to track it in the Journal.
>
> Got it, sounds good, thanks.  Here's the obvious patch.


-0.5

Please, let's move halfway so we don't break workflows already established.
 For example, someone has already developed lessons for that involve keeping
Physics models at various stages of development.  "Keeping a copy" from the
Activity tool bar is a part of that.

Could we instead hide the "Keep a copy" button so that it only appears on
the pressing of the 'Alt key'.  this should take away the temptation for
the 'unsweetened' to become 'bitter'.   It will take a while before old
habits change and a new mental model of keeping ones work takes hold.

        --Fred
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