#2030 NORM Trial-3: Refresh approximate memory footprint representation

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#2030: Refresh approximate memory footprint representation
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  Reporter:  Eben              |       Owner:  Eben   
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Trial-3
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:         
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:         
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Comment (by Eben):

 I think this is a reasonable option, especially near term.  It makes
 things easier, because we don't have to worry about animated sizing or
 transitions because the view of the ring simply appears during the switch.

 However, there may be arguments for a periodic refresh whenever the Home
 screen is visible. If a child is indeed, for whatever reason, on the Home
 screen for some period of time (perhaps they went to the bathroom or
 something) and the state of one or more activities significantly changed
 its memory footprint (say, made it bigger), they might think they can
 launch a new activity, but be denied because there is much more RAM used
 than the ring indicates.

 We could also do a periodic check to see the status, and do hard cuts to
 the new state.  Animation would be slick, but might be overkill for us at
 this point.

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