#6251 NORM Opportu: Meaningfully differentiate the Journal from other activities.

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#6251: Meaningfully differentiate the Journal from other activities.
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   Reporter:  HoboPrimate  |       Owner:  marco      
       Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
   Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Opportunity
  Component:  sugar        |     Version:             
 Resolution:               |    Keywords:             
Next_action:  never set    |    Verified:  0          
  Blockedby:               |    Blocking:             
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Changes (by garycmartin):

 * cc: garycmartin (added)


Comment:

 Yes, I still feel Journal should be treated an additional shell 'zoom'
 view. It was one of my first impressions after using Sugar on an XO for a
 few weeks, here's the image mock up I posted to the
 Design/ActivityManagement Talk page way back in January.

 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Activity_management_journal_core.jpeg

 '''Example mock-up of what the Journal could look like as part of the core
 sugar shell UI rather than as a 'special' activity hanger on. The Journal
 Search icon matches the XO keyboard layout, icon style, and colouring of
 the other zoom views. The Journal is another core XO view and should not
 be confused with the activity metaphor.'''

 I still stand by this design idea, given we can't reprint the book/journal
 icon on every physical keyboard (which is perhaps what would have been
 best if this issue was caught prior to production). The design also means
 that alt-tab switching can ignore the Journal view and still keep the UI
 behaviour consistent (tabbing to Journal has never been the effect I've
 wanted while trying to work in Sugar). Perhaps now that the Journal code
 is being folded into the shell, this might finally make it onto someone's
 radar.

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