#10477 NORM F14: XO-1 F14 - Request that at the beginning of an Activity's launch a "start off" screen be immediately inserted at the 'Activity View' zoom level

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#10477: XO-1 F14 - Request that at the beginning of an Activity's launch a "start
off" screen be immediately inserted at the 'Activity View' zoom level
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 Reporter:  mikus        |                 Owner:  erikos       
     Type:  enhancement  |                Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal       |             Milestone:  F14          
Component:  sugar        |               Version:  not specified
 Keywords:               |           Next_action:  never set    
 Verified:  0            |   Deployment_affected:               
Blockedby:               |              Blocking:               
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 On F14 XO-1 (os2), with no Activities running, launch an Activity (e.g.,
 Terminal) by clicking on its icon within Home View.  There is a brief
 change of focus -- then the __Journal__ gets shown on screen -- then the
 Animator splash screen (with pulsing icon) finally takes over the display.

 I have not looked at the code -- but the observed sequence of events would
 be explained if the following assumptions were true:
  *  Clicking on the Activity's icon causes focus to switch from Home View
 (where the click took place) to Activity View (where the launched Activity
 will be running)
  *  At this time, the __only__ "current Activity" is Journal -- so that is
 what gets displayed at the Activity View zoom level.
  *  Finally, the Animator screen (with pulsing icon) gets put in as the
 "current screen" at the Activity View zoom level -- and that is what the
 user sees (until the Activity launches, or fails)..
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 My request is that, AS SOON AS it is decided that an activity-launch is to
 be performed, a screen associated with launching be inserted as the
 "current screen" in the Activity View zoom level.

 It is o.k. with me if this "to start off" screen by the activity-launch
 procedure is completely blank -- that is, there is no need to WAIT until
 the icon appropriate to the about-to-be-launched Activity has been
 rendered.  What IS important is to __not confuse__  the viewer by showing
 something (such as the Journal) that is *unrelated* to the about-to-be
 launched Activitiy.

 Sooner or later, the "real" Animator pulsing-icon screen is going to
 replace the "to start off" screen.  In the meantime, the user is not being
 misled by by unrelated stuff on the display.
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 Note - this problem is related to
 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Pulsing_icon_delayed_by_5_seconds -- but the
 description of  http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 claims that a white
 window is shown until the launcher's splash screen (with pulsing Activity
 icon) appears.  I myself am willing to tolerate seeing a white window
 (that eventually goes away).

 What I am NOT willing to tolerate (even briefly) is the intrusion of being
 shown the __Journal__ -- when what I wanted was to go directly from Home
 View over to Terminal.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10477>
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