[sugar] doubts about shell redesign

[Simon Schampijer]

Eben Eliason wrote:
> I have solid answers for some, and partial answers for others...
> 
> - what happens when the user enters a search in the home toolbar?
>> non-matched icons grey out as in the mesh view?
> 
> 
> There is a clear mockup of how search behaves from the ring view of Home:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Designs/Activity_Management#10.  The list view
> will function just like the Journal, with only matching entries shown in the
> list.
> 
> 
>> - should we get a nicer design for the "About my XO" dialog?
>>
> 
> Indeed we should.  One option we have been considering is to make this
> option reveal the control panel, with the first pane being "about my XO."
>  We have two categories of info that could make sense here: personal and
> technical.  The personal section would provide a way to change one's
> nickname, choose new colors, and set other biographical info.  The technical
> section would provide info about the laptop's identity, including its serial
> number, current build (with a "check for update" button?), firmware,
> hardware specifications, etc.
> 
> Do people think that a) this is the correct way to access the control panel
> and b) that both of these sections belong in an "about my XO" pane?  In any
> case, it would be helpful to have everyone compile a list of the technical
> details worth exposing on such a screen.
> 

Actually that was my intention too. I would suggest to have two sections

'About Me': nick, color etc
'About XO': the technical information, build-number, firmware, type-of 
processor, memory etc

Simon