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== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
* Targeted release: 0. | * Targeted release: 0.100 | ||
* Last updated: | * Last updated: 09.26.2013 | ||
* Percentage of completion: | * Percentage of completion: 100% | ||
== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
It has been reported that teachers are upset by the fact that children have differing collections of activities on their home views; to the extent that some deployments forbid children from loading "unofficial" activities onto their machines. As an easy workaround to both offering the teacher a consistent classroom experience for each child and for the children to have the freedom to modify their system's look and feel to their convenience and taste, I am proposing to have two home views: one for school and one for personal use. | It has been reported that teachers are upset by the fact that children have differing collections of activities on their home views; to the extent that some deployments forbid children from loading "unofficial" activities onto their machines. As an easy workaround to both offering the teacher a consistent classroom experience for each child and for the children to have the freedom to modify their system's look and feel to their convenience and taste, I am proposing to have two home views: one for school and one for personal use. | ||
I propose replacing the spiral vs random view buttons with school vs personal buttons (using the school and xo icons). There would be a separate collection of activities for each view, set in the list view. | I propose replacing the spiral vs random view buttons with school vs personal buttons (using the school and xo icons). There would be a separate collection of activities for each view, set in the list view. View names can also be set. | ||
There are several ways we could implement this: | There are several ways we could implement this: | ||
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== Release Notes == | == Release Notes == | ||
[[Image:Home-view- | [[Image:Home-view-1.png|300px]] | ||
[[Image:Home-view-2.png|300px]] | |||
[[Image:List-view.png|300px]] | |||
* Multiple home pages are enabled using gconf, e.g., to enable two home views: | |||
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/sugar/desktop/view_icons --type list --list-type string ['view-radial','view-radial'] | |||
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/sugar/desktop/view_favorites --type list --list-type string ['emblem-favorite','emblem-favorite'] | |||
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/sugar/desktop/favorite_names --type list --list-type string ['Home View','Student View'] | |||
* A deployment might enable this in: | |||
olpc-os-builder:modules/sugar/kspost.50.gconf.inc | |||
== Comments and Discussion == | == Comments and Discussion == | ||
* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] | * See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] | ||