Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

Le 2010-10-28 12:38, Johannes Bausch a écrit :
> I really like the idea. Many new people (children) who start working
> with an office suite don't know what tabs are (well, at least that's
> what I encountered). Seeing them as dynamic whitespace like this would
> be a great help. Maybe this could be enhanced even further: why not
> making it rescalable with the mouse, and, while you do it, a line
> indicator showing your current position on the ruler shows up? When
> you release your mouse key, the ruler hides again. This could then be
> enhanced even further by making snap points in the ruler.
> An office suite should work intuitively. We're working more and more
> with the mouse; tabs have never been the best idea for people who work
> not so frequently with word or writer.

I agree with this. I still find it amazing that my grade 8 students are 
still unaware of the use of "tabs" in wordprocessing. They are aware of 
the Alt-tab cycling of windows but not in document writing. The same can 
be said for creating tables.

I also agree with Johannes, that if the students had this option, or 
even better, if teachers had this option for the younger student, it 
would be a great tool to use to explore the world of tabs. Kids are very 
visual and react quite favourably with visual objects.

Marc




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