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diff --git a/source/home_view.markdown b/source/home_view.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 3773e74..0000000 --- a/source/home_view.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -% Home View -% -% - -Use the Home View to begin new Activities. - -Note: When you have clicked on an Activity's icon, please wait for that -Activity to start. If you get impatient and happen to click again on the -Activity's icon, you may end up with that Activity being started twice. -When you click on an Activity's icon, you will see a start-up view while -that Activity initializes. Once the Activity is running, you will be -placed into its Activity View. If the Activity fails to start, you will -instead be returned to Home View. - -To get to the Home View, click the Home icon on the Frame or press the -F3 key. - -The Home View has several modes. Each mode has a different arrangement -of Activities: - -- Your favorite Activities in a ring (Ring mode) -- Your installed Activities in a list (List view) -- Your favorite Activities arranged freeform (Freeform mode) - -Favorites View -============== - -1. Search box: Use the search box to find Activities. Note: If in List - view you see fewer Activities than expected, you may need to click - on the small X at the right end of the search box to undo an - unintended search request. -2. Favorites modes: Click an icon to switch to a different view. Hover - over the Favorites icon to see a menu that lets you pick Ring mode - or Freeform mode. -3. List view: Click the icon to switch over to the List view. -4. Activity icon: Click an Activity icon to launch that Activity. Its - icon is colored if the Activity has been used before and clicking on - it will resume its last session. (Please see the Activity Menu - section below for further information.) Only Activities that have - been “starred” as favorites in the List View appear in this view. -5. Active Activity icon: The icon of the currently active Activity - appears under the XO icon. -6. XO icon: Hover the pointer over the "XO" in the center of the Home - View to bring up a menu and to access the Sugar Control Panel - (Please see the chapter on Customizing Sugar). - - -When a search is started the Activities which don't correspond to the -result are greyed out. - -List View -========= - -Use the List view to manage all of your Activities and to choose which -Activity icons will appear on the Favorites view. - -1. Activity favorite icon: A star, which is colored for favorite - Activities, which appear in the Ring mode or Freeform mode. Click a - star to color or clear it. -2. Activity icon: Click the icon to launch the Activity or hover over - it to see the corresponding menu. -3. Hover menu: In this menu you can also launch, favorite and - un-favorite Activities and erase them. -4. Version number: Here you can see which version of the Activity is - currently installed. For more information about updating your - Activities to the latest version please refer to the How to Install - and Update Activities section. - -Favorites View in Freeform Mode -=============================== - -The Freeform mode of the Home View works the same as the Ring mode, but -the icons are arranged arbitrarily instead of in a circle. You can drag -the icons in this View to visually group them in a way that makes sense -to you. - -Activity Menu -============= - -When hovering over an Activity icon a corresponding menu appears. From -there you can directly resume the last few Activity sessions or choose -to start a new one. - -XO Menu -======= - -Use the hover menu that appears over the XO icon to access the Sugar -Control Panel and to shutdown or restart the computer. - -:author: - -> © Walter Bender 2008 -> -> adam hyde 2008 -> -> David Farning 2008 -> -> Janet Swisher 2008 -> -> Janis Grinbergs 2008 -> -> Tom Boyle 2008 |