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, 21:51, 12 February 2011Created page with "The current Home View toolbar is mostly wasted space. File:Home_view_toolbar.png There have been a number of Design discussions suggesting that * The Home list view is confu..."
The current Home View toolbar is mostly wasted space.
[[File:Home_view_toolbar.png]]
There have been a number of Design discussions suggesting that
* The Home list view is confused with and should be replaced by the Journal.
* The Journal Icon should always be available in the Home View.
* The Frame is not discoverable enough.
* The number of and memory consumption of open Activities should be more apparent.
This proposal addresses these by replacing the Home View toolbar with the Frame upperbar.
[[File:Home_View_framebar]]
The Home View framebar would
* Activate the full Frame on hover, exposing the Frame for greater familiarity.
* Provide a permanent link to the Journal.
* Reveal the number of open Activities.
** A dynamic, region for each open Activity instance that was roughly proportional to the fraction of available memory (back-highlighted as currently for the active Activity instance) would help reveal the memory economics.
* Continue to offer Home View layouts by moving that palette under the Home F3 palette.
[[File:Home_favorites_subpalette.png]]
* This design would also eliminate the non-functional search tool (F5 or the Search button would still take one to the Journal search tool).
** A search tool could be added to the Home F3 icon palette.
* Until folks are comfortable with and have a 'System' filter in the Journal, setting favorites for installed Activity bundles could be done on a list or gallery view accessed from the Home F3 palette that would popover the Home View, like the 'My Settings' dialog, to distinguish it from a Journal view (for now).
** Homunq's sidepade, [[File:Restpane.png]] might also be suitable.
[[File:Home_view_toolbar.png]]
There have been a number of Design discussions suggesting that
* The Home list view is confused with and should be replaced by the Journal.
* The Journal Icon should always be available in the Home View.
* The Frame is not discoverable enough.
* The number of and memory consumption of open Activities should be more apparent.
This proposal addresses these by replacing the Home View toolbar with the Frame upperbar.
[[File:Home_View_framebar]]
The Home View framebar would
* Activate the full Frame on hover, exposing the Frame for greater familiarity.
* Provide a permanent link to the Journal.
* Reveal the number of open Activities.
** A dynamic, region for each open Activity instance that was roughly proportional to the fraction of available memory (back-highlighted as currently for the active Activity instance) would help reveal the memory economics.
* Continue to offer Home View layouts by moving that palette under the Home F3 palette.
[[File:Home_favorites_subpalette.png]]
* This design would also eliminate the non-functional search tool (F5 or the Search button would still take one to the Journal search tool).
** A search tool could be added to the Home F3 icon palette.
* Until folks are comfortable with and have a 'System' filter in the Journal, setting favorites for installed Activity bundles could be done on a list or gallery view accessed from the Home F3 palette that would popover the Home View, like the 'My Settings' dialog, to distinguish it from a Journal view (for now).
** Homunq's sidepade, [[File:Restpane.png]] might also be suitable.