On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> 2) Data access and user-perceived reliability: >> >> Problem: Users can't find things because they're not providing enough >> metadata for search to work, and there's too much stuff for them to find >> it without search. >> >> ... >> - Reduce the number of unwanted objects that accumulate >> - by providing a "draft mode" option that does not produce any object >> - but still produces a listing in a separate Actions view (see >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Designs/Journal) >> - by resuming previous instances by default, so as to encourage >> continued work on existing objects > > Alternative proposal to encourage Journal use: > > When the system boots, start in the Activity view with the Journal; > not in the Home view. Pre-populate Journal with entries for the > recently written help manual and selected (3 or 4) entries for the > most commonly used/popular activities. This would emphasize the > importance of the Journal in tying the whole system together. By > putting the help manual at the top, I believe the discoverability of > many features/activities would be greatly increased.
the fact that they will quickly disappear off the screen, and may be auto-deleted by the system greatly limits their value. David Lang > Note: the pre-populated Journal entries would be no different then any > other entry. If the user doesn't want them anymore, they can delete > them without any other consequence. This is much like the initial > mail messages that some mail clients use to demonstrate features to > new users. > > Bill Bogstad > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel