#2674 NORM Update.: Frame should not "stick" on Home screen

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#2674: Frame should not "stick" on Home screen
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  Reporter:  Eben    |       Owner:  marco   
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Update.2
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:          
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:          
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by Eben):

 Replying to [comment:15 AlbertCahalan]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 garycmartin]:
 >
 > > The permanently visible frame on Home an uncomfortable/misleading
 behaviour, especially with the bug that causes it to be sometimes sticky
 and sometimes not, depending on how you switch to Home. It also leads me
 into a couple of bad sugar HCI behaviours:
 > >
 > >  * I keep catching my self switching back to the Home screen to start
 a new activity, even though the frame is available everywhere
 >
 > The other way to get consistent behavior is to tie the frame to the home
 screen.
 >
 > Showing the frame in non-home situations has been a source of problems
 anyway. The animation is slow. The frame is way too easy to invoke via the
 hot corners. Dismissing the frame is both too easy and too hard.

 The entire purpose of the Frame is to provide a persistent interface
 element accessible from anywhere. Tying it to Home just won't work.  The
 clipboard, for instance, needs to be accessible from any activity.  The
 new design of the Frame will also allow one to switch the active activity
 (instead of launch new ones), see the other people they are collaborating
 with, and view device status.  All of these things are important to have
 readily available and across all views/activities.

 > Note that kids can totally ignore the donut. If they end up on some
 random screen (because the frame popped up and got a random click) then
 they will just start a second copy of the activity.
 >
 > >  * With the frame always visible at Home, I often start new
 unnecessary activities from the frame, when I really should be switching
 to the Journal and resuming (this leads to Journal bloat)
 >
 > If users must be coerced into using the journal, something is already
 wrong! Don't blame the frame for the journal.
 >
 > (It is very normal for a person to want to start fresh. It is very
 normal for a person to want to forget about their creation. The journal is
 based on the wrong assumption that these normal desires are abnormal, even
 when allowing for the terrifying idea of a journal that purposely eats
 your work. The journal is thus continuously spammed with undesired junk,
 even for actions as trivial as starting the wrong activity by mistake.)

 Both of these are perfectly "normal."  Others, in fact, have stated just
 the opposite of what you have: that kids rarely intend to start a new
 instance, and that resuming should be default.  We've devised a new Home
 screen which will cater to both of these desires, and which should
 completely eliminate the problems that people have been having with the
 Frame and its intended purpose.

 That said, the title of this ticket still holds.  Home should not be a
 special case regarding the Frame and its visibility.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2674#comment:16>
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