Allowing an activity to be launched multiple times in parallel

[Carol Hussein Lerche]

I don't disagree with the need to speed up the system.  However, browsing
with multiple tabs is a well known solution to the problem of having
multiple browser instances open, and we have tossed that out for some
reason.

2008/10/29 <david at lang.hm>

> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Carol Hussein Lerche wrote:
>
>
>> I think this is an example of behavior that should be configurable.  Young
>> children are impatient and try to launch activities multiple times when
>> the
>> XO exhibits slow response (see the feedback from various field workers,
>> including the letter from my daughter the kindergarten teacher last
>> April.)
>> So perhaps there should be a setting that chooses behaviors suitable for a
>> young child as distinct from older children and adults.  Are there
>> frequent
>> occasions where multiple instances of the same activity are needed? or is
>> this an "advanced" behavior?
>>
>
> the right fix for this is to speed up the starting, not to force someone to
> 'unlock' their system to view two web pages.
>
> David Lang
>
>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Erik Garrison <erik at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>  I think we should not run the activity if it's already running.  But
>>> there are cases such as when I'm running Browse, in which I have
>>> multiple sessions open.  Or sessions of paint.  It's complicated and
>>> probably should be left up to the user.  Someone might want to run two
>>> of anything.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:31:29PM -0700, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a general sugar UI question: My activity, "License", a simple
>>>>
>>> comic
>>>
>>>> book reader <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/License> that has a license
>>>>
>>> chooser
>>>
>>>> aspect to it, can be launched multiple times if clicked multiple times
>>>> from the activity launcher.
>>>>
>>>> To me, that seems silly.  Is it normal for Sugar activities to be able
>>>> to
>>>> be launched multiple times like this?
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in a discussion and hearing what current best practices
>>>>
>>> are
>>>
>>>> seen as.  I haven't had a lot of time to work on the activity, but I
>>>> want
>>>> to set a few things straight.  (I'm also generally very interested in
>>>>
>>> help
>>>
>>>> with this activity!)
>>>>
>>>> -- Asheesh.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>  [   ]  DOGBERT
>>>>  [ 2 ]  RICHARD STALLMAN
>>>>  [ 3 ]  BUFFY SUMMERS
>>>>  [ 1 ]  MANOJ SRIVASTAVA
>>>>  [ 4 ]  NONE of the above
>>>>
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