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== Summary ==
Replacement for the Naming Alert that lets you write to the Journal at any time while working on an activity.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Walter|Walter Bender]]
* Email: <walter at sugarlabs dot org>
== Current status ==
* Targeted release: (0.88)
* Last updated: (17 November 2009)
* Percentage of completion: 25%
== Detailed Description ==
The Naming Alert is loved by some and despised by others. This enhancement makes it be available on demand from the activity toolbar instead of automatically imposed when closing an activity. The goal is to encourage more writing and reflection throughout the activity, not just at the end.
== Benefit to Sugar ==
Being able to write to the Journal at any time is a feature requested both from the field and from pedagogist. And adding this ability would mean that the "annoying" naming alert could be removed as it would be redundant.
== Scope ==
The basic functionality is complete. I just made some simple changes to sugar-toolkit/src/sugar/activity/namingalert.py (eliminated the call to activity.close() and changed the button shortcut from Return to <Ctrl>s). We need: (1) a better icon; (2) decide if we want this to be a part of the standard activity toolbar; (3) decide whether the pop-up window or some toolbar widget is a better choice; and (4) eliminate the Name Alert invocation in activity.py.
== How To Test ==
{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Testing}}
== User Experience ==
Users may notice that the Naming Alert is missing and they may notice a new icon on the activity toolbar.
== Dependencies ==
No new dependencies
== Contingency Plan ==
What I have done to date is implement this as an activity button as oppose to integrate it into Sugar. This is a reasonable fall-back if we cannot reach consensus as to a path forward.
== Documentation ==
See [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7d2k_sketch-of-writetojournal-from-withi_tech]
== Release Notes ==
''The Sugar Release Notes inform end-users about what is new in the release. An Example is [[0.84/Notes]]. The release notes also help users know how to deal with platform changes such as ABIs/APIs, configuration or data file formats, or upgrade concerns. If there are any such changes involved in this feature, indicate them here. You can also link to upstream documentation if it satisfies this need. This information forms the basis of the release notes edited by the release team and shipped with the release.''
== Comments and Discussion ==
* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] <!-- This adds a link to the "discussion" tab associated with your page. This provides the ability to have ongoing comments or conversation without bogging down the main feature page -->
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''You can add categories to tie features back to real deployments/schools requesting them, for example <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Features requested by School Xyz|Xyz]] (the |Xyz option sorts the entry on the category page under X).''
[[Category:Feature Page Incomplete]]
[[Category:Feature|Write to Journal anytime]]
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== Summary ==
Replacement for the Naming Alert that lets you write to the Journal at any time while working on an activity.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Walter|Walter Bender]]
* Email: <walter at sugarlabs dot org>
== Current status ==
* Targeted release: (0.88)
* Last updated: (17 November 2009)
* Percentage of completion: 25%
== Detailed Description ==
The Naming Alert is loved by some and despised by others. This enhancement makes it be available on demand from the activity toolbar instead of automatically imposed when closing an activity. The goal is to encourage more writing and reflection throughout the activity, not just at the end.
== Benefit to Sugar ==
Being able to write to the Journal at any time is a feature requested both from the field and from pedagogist. And adding this ability would mean that the "annoying" naming alert could be removed as it would be redundant.
== Scope ==
The basic functionality is complete. I just made some simple changes to sugar-toolkit/src/sugar/activity/namingalert.py (eliminated the call to activity.close() and changed the button shortcut from Return to <Ctrl>s). We need: (1) a better icon; (2) decide if we want this to be a part of the standard activity toolbar; (3) decide whether the pop-up window or some toolbar widget is a better choice; and (4) eliminate the Name Alert invocation in activity.py.
== How To Test ==
{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Testing}}
== User Experience ==
Users may notice that the Naming Alert is missing and they may notice a new icon on the activity toolbar.
== Dependencies ==
No new dependencies
== Contingency Plan ==
What I have done to date is implement this as an activity button as oppose to integrate it into Sugar. This is a reasonable fall-back if we cannot reach consensus as to a path forward.
== Documentation ==
See [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7d2k_sketch-of-writetojournal-from-withi_tech]
== Release Notes ==
''The Sugar Release Notes inform end-users about what is new in the release. An Example is [[0.84/Notes]]. The release notes also help users know how to deal with platform changes such as ABIs/APIs, configuration or data file formats, or upgrade concerns. If there are any such changes involved in this feature, indicate them here. You can also link to upstream documentation if it satisfies this need. This information forms the basis of the release notes edited by the release team and shipped with the release.''
== Comments and Discussion ==
* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] <!-- This adds a link to the "discussion" tab associated with your page. This provides the ability to have ongoing comments or conversation without bogging down the main feature page -->
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''You can add categories to tie features back to real deployments/schools requesting them, for example <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Features requested by School Xyz|Xyz]] (the |Xyz option sorts the entry on the category page under X).''