RFC: delete icon on activity thumbnail on every activity (except current active one)

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Thursday, November 03, 2011 19:16:03 Mario Fux wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 03 November 2011, 17.50:09 schrieb Fania Bremmer:
> > ** Proposed Change **
> > Show the delete icon of activity thumbnail on every activity in the
> > wheel (except currentty active activity)
> > 
> > ** Reason For Change **
> > Currently only the activity thumbnail in the middle gets the delete
> > icon. Before any activity thumbnails showed the delete icon; in my
> > opinion this was easier to understand, if searching for a delete
> > function. Now the possibility when to delete is very limited. We should
> > only exclude the currently open activity because of refresh problems.
> > 
> > ** Implementation Details **
> > - show it on every thumbnail exept for the currently open activity
> 
> I think it makes sense that only the active activity has a delete button
> because of:
> - if you want to delete an activity you see what you are going to delete a
> last time (although it's one step more to delete: 1. choose activity, 2.
> then push delete button
> - the activity wheel atm makes it possible to work with the thumb and thus
> be unprecise in tapping an activity. With a delete button an each of the
> activities in the wheel you need to be more precise.

That's inaccurate for two reasons:
- You don't see the activity just because it's in the centered position, and 
  an active activity can't be deleted, you need to switch away first
- There's a confirmation anyway before deleting an activity, so doing that by 
  accident is unlikely
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sebas

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