[Sugar-devel] [PROPOSAL] Inform the user when an activity is being installed and more

[Manuel Quiñones]

2013/1/12  <forster at ozonline.com.au>:
>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Agustin Zubiaga Sanchez <aguz at sugarlabs.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Hi everybody,
>> >
>> > Now, if we download or copy a .xo to the journal, it is installed
>> > automatically and doesn't informs to the user that the activity is being
>> > installed.
>> >
>>
>> Is this a change in 13.1.0? I think in the past we installed the activity
>> when was launched by first time.
>
> No, I don't think this is a recent change, its been this way for a long time. Your question though is good because it illustrates the merit of the proposal. The current behaviour is counter intuitive. Copying/downloading to Journal installs but deleting from Journal does not uninstall. Strangely, deleting from the Journal details view does uninstall or prevents the install when you arrive there from 'show in journal'.
>
> Sugar should make the process understandable, not black box, I support the proposal.

Yes, Sugar should behave better in XO installs, and I celebrate
Agustin proposal.

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