#4291 NORM Never A: Icon for the journal items

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#4291: Icon for the journal items
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  Reporter:  marco             |       Owner:  Eben          
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Comment(by Eben):

 Replying to [comment:3 HoboPrimate]:
 > I agree with Bert: If you get a file which isn't a Sugar activity, it is
 an "object" which hasn't been "acted" with yet by any XO user.
 > After opening it _with_ an activity, then it belongs _to that_ activity,
 replacing the original icon.

 On the other hand, though, say you download a .pdf from the web.  By
 default, that .pdf is going to open with Read.  For all intents and
 purposes, that .pdf is a book.  Wouldn't it be quite clear to indicate
 this directly in the UI, by simply identifying that object as a book,
 since that how it will act upon resuming?  there is no way to open it with
 read without making the association and changing the icon, so why create a
 temporary state where it feels "generic" just to override that as soon as
 it's read?

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