Allowing an activity to be launched multiple times in parallel

[Carol Hussein Lerche]

As usual one man's simplicity is another woman's complexity.  Figuring out
which of multiple apparent (if not real) instances of a browser has the page
you are looking for may be the conundrum for some.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:06 PM, <david at lang.hm> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Carol Hussein Lerche wrote:
>
>  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.
>>
>
> those 'tabs' could even be seperate screens and work without requiring
> multiple copies of the browser to run.
>
> this was done in the name of 'simplifying' the system (along with
> eliminating popups and modal interfaces)
>
> David Lang
>
>
>  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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             -- Debian Project Leader 1999 ballot
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