#2123 HIGH Trial-3: "show source" interface needed

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#2123: "show source" interface needed
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  Reporter:  sj                |       Owner:  Eben   
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Trial-3
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:         
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:         
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Comment (by Eben):

 I've been unclear, as I think we all have been, about the specific details
 here.  I think at this point most agree that we need to leave some of
 these details up to the activity; or, at the very least, we need to make
 the first layer one which is activity defined.  The browser, for instance,
 probably wants to show the HTML source, and not it's own source files.

 On the other hand, I really liked a former idea to automatically launch a
 (forthcoming?) Develop project with a fork of the activity, so that kids
 could dive in, see the code, modify it, and run altered versions directly.
 As some have pointed out, though, this would work best in a strictly
 Python environment, and many activities depend on C and other languages
 for many subroutines and underlying frameworks.

 At the recent design meeting we came to the conclusion that, in some
 cases, it's truly necessary to have a "popup" window of sorts.  Of course,
 we're going to make sure that when one is used it is absolutely needed.
 Our current plan for the design is a large window (box, really; no ability
 to drag, resize, maximize, minimize, or close from the a title bar...)
 which takes up the region of the screen that the frame does not when
 visible.  This use of a substantial portion of the screen will provide a
 small amount of context, with the activity still visible around the edges,
 while consuming enough space to be the obvious and only focus while on
 screen.

 It seems like a window of this type may be the proper place to put the
 view source content, whatever that content may actually be.  I think we
 need to have some more discussion around this, especially with Walter who
 has been thinking the most about its uses, at a later date.  I don't
 personally believe we'll have any solutions for this by trial 3.

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