[OLPC-AU] New blank write document

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On 11 October 2010 12:40, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:
> On 11 October 2010 12:07, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:35:56AM +1100, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
>>> Ian wrote:
>>> > Is it possible to set write up so it opens a blank page when it is
>>> > selected from the home view, or is it a design feature of the
>>> > activity?
>>>
>>> If you hover for a second or so, a dropdown menu gives the choice to
>>> resume or start a new document.
>>
>> It is a design feature of Sugar, not the activity.  It was introduced in
>> Sugar 0.84.  See http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.84/Notes#Resume_Activity
>>
>> Instead of hover, learner can right-click.  Slightly faster once they
>> get used to it, since no delay is required.
>>
>> Also, in List View in Home View (F3, Ctrl/2), starting an activity
>> always starts a new instance.
>>
>> Learner can see colour change of icon as an indication that clicking it
>> will resume a journal entry.
>
> Are you referring to some icons being in colour in the favourites
> view? I had always interpreted that as "I have run this activity
> before", as opposed to being linked to a journal entry.

Answering my own question, yes this is in the favourites view.