Journal, Clipboard and activity instances vs. files (was Re: Recent Updates to Sugar Almanac)

2008-06-16 Thread Wade Brainerd
2008/6/16 Faisal Anwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rather than keeping track of what > state you are in, it seems more coherent and natural that the developer only > worries about specific calls to write metadata when he wants to write > metadata (like volume and playback settings) and only worries abou

Re: Journal, Clipboard and activity instances vs. files (was Re: Recent Updates to Sugar Almanac)

2008-06-16 Thread James Simmons
Wade, What you propose sounds difficult for a kid to master. For myself, I'd like external storage to be treated differently from Journal entries and to *look* like its being treated differently. External storage could have files and directories, you could navigate through them with a Midnig

Re: Journal, Clipboard and activity instances vs. files (was Re: Recent Updates to Sugar Almanac)

2008-06-16 Thread Wade Brainerd
Hey James, It actually sounds a bit like we're talking about the same thing... On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 3:26 PM, James Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What you propose sounds difficult for a kid to master. For myself, I'd like > external storage to be treated differently from Journal entries