[Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Feature Status

[Simon Schampijer]

On 02/04/2010 01:38 AM, Walter Bender wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>  wrote:
>> On 02/03/2010 09:15 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>
>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> today is Feature Freeze [1]! Here is a status on the pending features
>>>> [2]:
>>>>
>>>> *** 3G Support
>>>> The 3G Feature has been landed. Some improvements for this Feature are
>>>> pending.
>>>>
>>>> *** Enhanced color selector
>>>> The enhanced color selector has seen some design iterations over the
>>>> last two weeks. A decision needs to be made which design is picked and
>>>> the code needs to be reviewed. We have to work together closely now to
>>>> land this.
>>>>
>>>> *** Write to journal anytime
>>>> No patch has been made to try the behavior to display the Journal when
>>>> closing for the first time. This looks rather unlikely to land.
>>>
>>> I have a simple patch that enables the naming alert to be activated
>>> from the toolbar at anytime and not automatically activated on stop.
>>> Would such a patch be considered for 0.88 and we can revisit for 0.90?
>>> (Note that this is a feature that originated in the field.)
>>>
>>> -walter
>>
>> I agree, this is as an important issue to solve. What about having a button
>> going to the Journal detail view of the entry? This is the logical place to
>> make such additions.
>>
>> Or how do you like the idea to have an option in the activity toolbar for
>> the description [1]? And adding later one for the tags, too?
>
>
> I think this is more than adequate. I would have it be additive rather
> than editing the entire description on the toolbar.
>
> -walter

Good point, yeah we can see how we represent that best (maybe someone 
can generate a mockup).

I remember someone had worries about screen size, especially for 
old-style activities that has only one tab (since we add another 
button). We have to check for that. For new-style activities it works 
fine as we have the activity toolbar.

Regards,
    Simon