[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Enhancement: Add description in Journal Palette

[Ignacio Rodríguez]

about 1:
This is a sugar-build bug (or maybe is my computer? :S) I only add the
separator when the description label is added.

2013/12/20, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
>> Why there are multiple separators (horizontal lines) around the
>> description?
>> I really don't know if is good continue putting information in the
>> palette,
>> it's already crowded.
>>
>> Gonzalo
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez <nachoel01 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I make a patch for #4686:
>>> """
>>> Enhancement: show object description in its palette
>>> Found it in a design at the wiki:
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Journal-04.jpeg
>>> Making descriptions be shown upfront throughout the interface, would
>>> increase the usefullness of the description box, and make objects more
>>> discoverable.
>>> Perhaps only a few lines of text would be shown, say 2, as it is only
>>> supposed to be a preview of the description.
>>> """
>>>
>>> My final version:
>>> http://sugarlabs.org/~ignacio/Archivos/MenuDescription.png
>>>
>>> I attached the patch.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Ignacio
>>>
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>
> (1) I think there is an if missing from Ignacio's patch that was there
> in earlier versions. If there is no desc. then no new spacers.
> (2) While I agree that the palette is very full, this addition IMHO,
> adds value in two ways: it is real information and it is one more
> encouragement to use the description mechanism, which as pedagogical
> value.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>


-- 
Saludos.
Ignacio Rodríguez