Journal integration for Scratch

[John Maloney]

Hi, Eben.

Yes, using the Journal would be optimal for XO users, and perhaps we  
will make Scratch do that in the long run.

	-- John


>> Re:
>>> At the moment it is not possible to delete scratch projects easily
>>> (just in terminal) and our students have difficulty to understand
>>> the file and folder structure in the dialog with the very small  
>>> font.
>>
>> Yes, I see the problem. Your solution sounds like it would work, but
>> the downside is that browsing for existing Scratch projects would be
>> done using the Journal, rather than Scratch's "open" dialog. That
>> means the user would not see the project thumbnail and project notes.
>
> I'm not sure this is the downside.  That's one of the benefits.  In
> fact, the Journal itself supports thumbnails and a description field,
> so a similar experience could be offered there, in a place that's
> familiar to those using Sugar.
>
> - Eben