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My ideas for the dialog design:
My ideas for the dialog design:
* The dialog sits on top of the favorites view view, not full screen, styled like the control panel. Therefore it is obviously just another layer on the home view and doesn't present the confusing illusion that you're in the journal.
* The dialog sits on top of the favorites view view, not full screen, styled like the control panel. Therefore it is obviously just another layer on the home view and doesn't present the confusing illusion that you're in the journal.
* There would be a bar along the top, like the control panel. From left to right, it would have: the XO figure from the favorites view (mouse-over or click with either button to open the palette giving options like Shutdown and Control Panel), a search box, and an X to close the dialog.
* There would be a bar along the top, like the control panel. From left to right, it would have a search box and an X to close the dialog.
* Directly below, there would be another bar with tab-like buttons for the following categories: Activities, Books, Health, Images, Media, Science, Search
* Directly below, there would be another bar with tab-like buttons for the following categories: Activities, Books, Health, Images, Media, Science, Search
** Actual activities (write, paint, record) would be listed under the Activities category
** Actual activities (write, paint, record) would be listed under the Activities category
** (side-project: It may make sense for activities themselves to allow themselves to be categorized this way too. e.g. TamTam would go under Media, Wikipedia under books, Maze under Games, etc.)
** (side-project: It may make sense for activities themselves to allow themselves to be categorized this way too. e.g. TamTam would go under Media, Wikipedia under books, Maze under Games, etc.)
* The remainder of the dialog would be a list view, of identical appearance and behaviour to the current List View on the home screen (star, name, version, last accessed time)
* The remainder of the dialog would be a list view, of identical appearance and behaviour to the current List View on the home screen (star, name, version, last accessed time)
* If any event causes the interface to leave the home screen (for example: starting an activity, or switching to the network view) then the dialog box is automatically closed.
** This ensures that if you return to the home screen by pressing F3, it is guaranteed that you will see the familiar XO-man icon which allows you to shutdown your computer.
* There would be room for changing/refining the design of this dialog in future, but hopefully the base idea would stay the same: it's an overlay over the home view, allowing you to select which things you want for easy access on the home view, and also allowing you to browse things by category.
* There would be room for changing/refining the design of this dialog in future, but hopefully the base idea would stay the same: it's an overlay over the home view, allowing you to select which things you want for easy access on the home view, and also allowing you to browse things by category.
** Therefore we won't be shifting around design elements too much.
** Therefore we won't be shifting around design elements too much.