[Sugar-devel] Sugar-On-The-Ground features

[Tony Anderson]

Sebastian

I think we are discussing too many independent issues together.

I overstated the 'reverse'. I believe Sugar can still be distributed 
with a default of
'resume' from the home view. However, a gsetting configuration could 
allow deployments
and users to select the resume new as default.

The resume feature is essential but is available in a natural way in the 
Journal. The home view
implementation suffers heavily from the default naming in the Journal 
which the 'save as' feature
addresses. Now when you open the list of resume options on the home view 
you only now the sequence
of objects - not what document is involved.

Yes, users know how to cope with the feature. However, originally 
neither the palette nor the alt key was needed since
clicking on the icon launched the activity. This was one of the human 
interface virtues of Sugar.

Tony

On 05/17/2016 07:50 AM, Sebastian Silva wrote:
>> The home view patch is intended to 'reverse' that decision. The
>> >original idea that activities start new from the home view and are
>> >resumed from the Journal is clear and easy to understand. In many
>> >classrooms, users are surprised when they launch an activity and find
>> >it not at the main screen but in the middle of some other person's
>> >work. I have had teachers ask students to launch Browse only to have
>> >some embarassed when it plays music.
> Those are valid concerns. While dogfooding (using Sugar myself), I found
> resume-by-default quite handy. I've also observed teachers in the ground
> knowing to clic "Start New" (but never the shift-key undiscoverable
> shortcut).
>
> I would like to ask the "soporte-digete" list which holds some 400
> teacher-trainers from Peru for their opinion and I'll get back to you.
>