Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 08:43 +0000, Sveinn í Felli wrote:
> Þann fös 15.okt 2010 08:29, skrifaði Jean Hollis Weber:
> > On Fri, 2010-10-15, David Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > IMHO, LibO needs something that is quite new and a bold departure...
> >
> > Please keep in mind that a lot of people do not want the user interface
> > to change too much. One reason they love OOo is that its UI is like the
> > older versions of MSO (2003 and before). I get mail all the time from
> > people saying "please tell me they're not going to change OOo too much!"
> >
> > Well, maybe if OOo doesn't change, and LibO does, that's okay. Something
> > for everyone: the oldsters and the youngsters.<grin>
>
> Why not have such things user configurable (skins?/themes?). 
> then one could choose "Classic OOo interface", "Interactive 
> Ribbon* interface", "Widescreen Sidebars interface", 
> "Minimalistic Netbook interface" etc.
>
> If done correctly it should not bloat the software too much.
>
> *Ribbon is maybe trademarked ?

I remember when I got my first Windows XP computer (before I switched to
Linux). I was so relieved when I learned that I could change it from the
"new" UI to the "classic" one. Several programs (WinZip is one) had/have
that feature too. That's ideal if one can do it.

And regarding widescreen: on my netbook, a lot of programs have at least
some dialog boxes that are too tall to fit on the screen, leaving the
OK/Cancel buttons (and sometimes other fields) unreachable. I don't
recall if OOo has any, but that's a major usability problem to look out
for.

--Jean



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