#3292 NORM Untriag: Have Journal activity icon permanently fixed on the bottom of frame

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#3292: Have Journal activity icon permanently fixed on the bottom of frame
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  Reporter:  HoboPrimate       |       Owner:  Eben     
      Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:           
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Changes (by Eben):

 * cc: HoboPrimate (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:3292 HoboPrimate]:
 > The Journal is the most important activity on the XO.
 > Having its activity icon permanently placed in the beginning of the
 bottom frame, and colored with the users colours, would be usefull:
 >
 >  1. It would mean the user would allways be just one click away from
 accessing it.

 Actually, we want to make the search icon on the keyboard immediately
 focus the Journal's search field.  I see the argument for quick Journal
 access, though.  Perhaps we do need a better way within the UI itself.

 >  2. Would be usefull to re-launch the Journal if it crashed.

 There will be a daemon running in the background that will relaunch the
 Journal if it ever does crash.  This should not require interaction from
 the user.

 > The downsides of placing the Journal activity icon are:
 >
 >  1. It takes away a space from the activity bar which could be filled
 with a users favourite activity launcher
 >  2. It could hinder the learning of Sugar, since it would behave
 differently than other icons on the same frame bar.

 These are both true.  It also confuses the notion of invitations, as
 invitations will appear in this location as colored icons as well.  They
 would look identical to the Journal icon as you describe it.  I think if
 we do add a direct portal to the Journal it will come somewhere in the top
 of the frame, likely as a search field.  (Thick of something akin to
 quicksilver built into the frame.)

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