[Sugar-devel] Keep confusion -- round N+1

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 24.06.2010, at 10:02, Simon Schampijer wrote:

> On 06/23/2010 10:49 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> [...]
>> It probably needs to be complemented by an option in the Journal to
>> add a "duplicate this document", and Home View changes to make it
>> clearer/easier to open a new activity without reopening the last
>> document.
> 
> We actually did a lot of work on this in the last release cycle with the 
> design team on making a better separation between resume and start new 
> in the Journal. After making tests [1] in deployments for "start new" 
> vs. "resume" we concluded that the way activity starting works on the 
> iPhone would probably work well in Sugar, too [2].
> 
> In any case, we have been working on this topic so hard during the last 
> release cycle, would be great it we conclude something from that 
> discussion at make it an action item.
> 
> Regards,
>    Simon
> 
> [1] 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Resume.2FStart_new_on_the_Home_View
> [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Sugar_resume_vs_start_new.jpg


I like that selector-screen design. Would be awesome if it showed thumbnails, too.

- Bert -