On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Sascha Silbe < sascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 01:10:53PM -0400, Frederick Grose wrote: > > I imagine that with the 'Keep a copy' action option on the proposed, >> 'Stop' button panel, Sugar Learners might see that phrase, and again, >> panic about 'saving' their Activity. An action option labelled 'Copy' may >> instead suggest that a new instance would be created, rather than suggest >> that they need to 'keep' their Activity or 'lose' it. >> > > I like the proposal of renaming Keep to Copy and placing it in the palette > of the Stop button. I was a bit worried about it getting confused with the > clipboard action of the same name, but making it a secondary action of the > Stop button should help with that. > > > The proposed 'Copy' icon might be improved by hinting that a new instance >> of the current Activity is to go (copied) into the Journal, perhaps by >> placing a new-object star (*) above the arrow pointing to the Journal. >> (See >> attached example.) >> > > At least to me this icon isn't intuitive (I wouldn't even suspect what it > does without reading the text; having read the text, the icon does not make > the meaning any more clear). Maybe we should use some icon that indicates > duplication? I can't think of one right now (two Journals wouldn't be right > because we duplicate an entry, not the entire Journal), but maybe someone > else has an idea? Here's another attempt to symbolize the concept in a 'keepcopy' icon derived from the paste icon, since we are pasting a new copy into the Journal. --Fred
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