[Sugar-devel] Home view activities layout

[Christian Marc Schmidt]

Again, I think that there is likely a better solution to the question of
scalability. An extensible (scrolling or panning) grid or freeform view
showing activity previews would not only convey more information about the
last activity, it would also make the home view feel more personalized. For
scalability we could try something akin to OSX spaces or iOS, adding
additional screens that kids can pan between as the collection of activities
grows.

I don't disagree with the premise--I just think that there is a better
solution than the spiral (it, too, will eventually run out of space).

My suggestion is to explore an extensible grid/freeform view--there are
already existing comps from a year or two ago that we can leverage and bring
up-to-date.


Christian


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>wrote:

>
> On 30.07.2010, at 20:25, Chris Ball wrote:
>
> > Hi Christian,
> >
> >> Hi Chris--to address scalability we have a list view from which
> >> you can select favorite activities to go in the ring. This is a
> >> similar technique to the OSX dock or Windows taskbar.
> >
> > I don't think this is working out.
>
> Yep. The frame menu is hardly discoverable. And even though it's there I
> tend to forget about it. And when I used it I press F3 and wonder why the
> home view doesn't show up (because the list view feels so unlike home). To
> solve at least this, F3 should toggle between home and list view.
>
> But +1 to spiral from here ...
>
> - Bert -
>
>
>


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