[sugar] Feedback item on new shell design (Make Journal integral to shell metaphor)

[Eben Eliason]

There has indeed been some back and forth on this idea in the past, and
making it a more integrated part of the shell was one of the initial aspects
of the redesign.  All things considered, I do think it's still nice to
represent the Journal as it's current icon, and I also feel that the colors
are quite appropriate.  I'm am open to other ideas which single it out
better, though.
Another possibility to put on record is to place it actually within the
device tray, since it's technically a storage device.  I mention this since,
for instance, an external USB drive will appear in the device tray, and will
actually have its own interface mirroring that of the object view of the
Journal.

- Eben

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:

> I added this last week to the wiki, but just thought I should mail
> this to the list incase no one is actually looking there :-) My input
> so far is the mock-up image and the text about making the Journal a
> core part of the shell metaphor, rather than the "I'm a non-standard
> super activity type thing" that we currently have – and look to still
> have in the new designs (BTW: I think the whole switch about for
> launching vs. already running is going to be a real usability
> improvement).
>
>        http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Designs/Activity_Management
>
> I'm sure there have been design wars over this in the past, but I seem
> to have missed them...
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