Changes

Other available filters allow children to locate specific kinds of entries.  For instance, a child may want to view all entries that have been tagged by the Journal for possible removal when memory becomes low.  They may also want to see all their notes, or to-dos, or events.  They could also show only starred items, or in progress items, and more.  The system will provide adequate flexibility for finding anything in the Journal nearly instantaneously.

Other available filters allow children to locate specific kinds of entries.  For instance, a child may want to view all entries that have been tagged by the Journal for possible removal when memory becomes low.  They may also want to see all their notes, or to-dos, or events.  They could also show only starred items, or in progress items, and more.  The system will provide adequate flexibility for finding anything in the Journal nearly instantaneously.

=====Sorting.=====

=====Sorting=====

Whereas searching and filtering provide a means of defining what entries get shown in the list of results, sorting determines how those entries are organized.  A unique approach to sorting on the laptops makes the metadata associated with entries even more valuable.  The sort bar, which the child can expand in order to more precisely control their view of the journal, offers a popup menu from which a number of options such as date, title, activity, size, participants, and others may be chosen.  In addition to this fixed list, a dynamic list of options also appears, providing a list of metadata keys that are present in the majority of the entries within the results list, the utility of which will become apparent below.

Whereas searching and filtering provide a means of defining what entries get shown in the list of results, sorting determines how those entries are organized.  A unique approach to sorting on the laptops makes the metadata associated with entries even more valuable.  The sort bar, which the child can expand in order to more precisely control their view of the journal, offers a popup menu from which a number of options such as date, title, activity, size, participants, and others may be chosen.  In addition to this fixed list, a dynamic list of options also appears, providing a list of metadata keys that are present in the majority of the entries within the results list, the utility of which will become apparent below.