User: jpmcc Date: 2009-07-20 23:00:13+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Tue Jul 21 00:00:15 BST 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.2133&r2=1.2134 Delta lines: +54 -51 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-07-20 17:00:01+0000 1.2133 +++ atom.xml 2009-07-20 23:00:01+0000 1.2134 @@ -5,9 +5,55 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:28+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:29+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">You canât please all the people all of the timeâ¦</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/07/20/you-cant-please-all-the-people-all-of-the-time/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=730</id> + <updated>2009-07-20T19:50:34+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-732" title="OOo Japan User Group" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ooougjp_logo.png" alt="OOo Japan User Group" width="240" height="87" />&#8230;but if you develop mass-market software, you need to please most of them most of the time. If you&#8217;re really smart, you can then please the rest of them by providing a mechanism for <em>extensions</em>. Extensions are a way to add in features to a piece of software which appeal to a sub-set of users, without cluttering up the software for everyone else.</p> +<p>During the lifetime of <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a> 2, the developers rapidly increased the ability of OpenOffice.org to support <a href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/">extensions</a>. At the same time the project created <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">a repository</a> to collect and distribute extensions.</p> +<p>A <a href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=8842">note posted today</a> to our Native Language mailing list highlighted an innovative use of extensions. The <a href="http://oooug.jp/">OpenOffice.org Japan user group</a> has released <a href="http://sourceforge.jp/projects/openoffice-docj/releases/?package_id=9481">an extension</a> to make Japanese users feel instantly at home with the software. Just one install tweaks thirty settings within the software, as well as adding clip art and templates more in tune with Japanese culture. As a final touch, it also makes use of high-quality Japanese fonts for Linux users.</p> +<p>Just one small example of how open-ness creates great software.</p></content> + <author> + <name>John McCreesh</name> + <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:16+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry> + <title type="html">Prototype of New UI: Test it yourself!</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototype_of_new_ui_test"/> + <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4d68a85abb6958ae</id> + <updated>2009-07-20T16:11:42+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>The project <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">Renaissance prototyping</a> phase will end this week, on July 24.</p> + <p> <img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/0/05/Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png/400px-Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png" />There have been many prototypes along the way and now they are looking much more mature and promising. So much so, that the UX team decided it was time to test them on real users outside the OOo UX project. Innocent users caught unawares as it were, with no clue as to what was in store for them. :-)</p> + <p><img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/f/f2/Prototype.jpg/640px-Prototype.jpg" /><br /></p> + <p>Some of the UX team members visited a company in Hamburg (has to be a secret for confidentiality and other legal mumbo jumbo), to test the new UI design prototype. The 'Floating Toolbar' prototype got very positive feedback. Scrolling and tabbed toolbar prototypes just cannot keep up with this design. The new live sorter view with full editing and object moving capabilities (also from one slide to another) is a real 'wow' feature, too. The users at the customer company were so enthusiastic about how it would simplify their work that they asked how soon it could be implemented. They were glad to see that the old menus remained intact so they could use their prior knowledge of OOo, while still enjoying the new toolbar simplicity. You know, just getting used to the newness without the scariness of being forced to use it because all you have ever known is now gone.<br /> </p> + <p>For daily updates of the prototype, see: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping</a><br />(Java 6 required)</p> + <p>So, if you're the curious type...go on! Check out the prototype today.<br /> </p> + <p>Best wishes from the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance</a> Team<br /></p></content> + <author> + <name>Elizabeth Matthis</name> + <uri></uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> + <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m52) available</title> <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x6"/> @@ -28,7 +74,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -73,7 +119,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -192,7 +238,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -255,7 +301,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-07-16T23:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -309,7 +355,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -372,7 +418,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -396,7 +442,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-20T23:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -483,47 +529,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry> - <title type="html">Open Source Meeting in Munich</title> - <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-source-meeting-in-munich.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-9080686528103355681</id> - <updated>2009-06-21T20:55:36+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">If you are living near Munich, don't miss this event and meet your mentor: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4887643299605448632-9080686528103355681?l=ooomarketing.blogspot.com" /></div></content> - <author> - <name>floeff</name> - <email>[email protected]</email> - <uri>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog</title> - <subtitle type="html">News and interesting stories about OpenOffice.org and other open source solutions.</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2009-07-16T23:00:29+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">Prototyping Towards a New OOo User Interface</title> - <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_towards_a_new_ooo"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/951b9958ff1c0fc2</id> - <updated>2009-06-18T19:28:36+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p> </p> - <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance" title="Project Renaissance Home Page">Project Renaissance</a> has entered the prototyping phase this week. <img align="right" src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/2/23/ProjectRenaissance_DesignProposalCollection_Logo.png" /></p> - <p> The phase will take six weeks. Andre Fischer and Bernd Eilers have joined the Renaissance team for this time to develop the prototypes. We have started to build a Java based prototyping framework this week.</p> - <p> The prototypes will be made available through the<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping" title="Prototyping Home Page"> prototyping home page</a> as soon as they become available. So stay tuned!<br /></p> - <p>Best regards</p> - <p>Frank<br /> </p></content> - <author> - <name>frankl</name> - <uri></uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-07-20T17:00:18+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2140&r2=1.2141 Delta lines: +39 -35 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-07-20 17:00:01+0000 1.2140 +++ index.html 2009-07-20 23:00:06+0000 1.2141 @@ -36,8 +36,46 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: July 20, 2009 05:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: July 20, 2009 11:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>July 20, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> +John McCreesh</a> : +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/07/20/you-cant-please-all-the-people-all-of-the-time/";> +You canât please all the people all of the timeâ¦</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-732" title="OOo Japan User Group" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ooougjp_logo.png"; alt="OOo Japan User Group" width="240" height="87" />…but if you develop mass-market software, you need to please most of them most of the time. If you’re really smart, you can then please the rest of them by providing a mechanism for <em>extensions</em>. Extensions are a way to add in features to a piece of software which appeal to a sub-set of users, without cluttering up the software for everyone else.</p> +<p>During the lifetime of <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/";>OpenOffice.org</a> 2, the developers rapidly increased the ability of OpenOffice.org to support <a href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/";>extensions</a>. At the same time the project created <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/";>a repository</a> to collect and distribute extensions.</p> +<p>A <a href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=8842";>note posted today</a> to our Native Language mailing list highlighted an innovative use of extensions. The <a href="http://oooug.jp/";>OpenOffice.org Japan user group</a> has released <a href="http://sourceforge.jp/projects/openoffice-docj/releases/?package_id=9481";>an extension</a> to make Japanese users feel instantly at home with the software. Just one install tweaks thirty settings within the software, as well as adding clip art and templates more in tune with Japanese culture. As a final touch, it also makes use of high-quality Japanese fonts for Linux users.</p> +<p>Just one small example of how open-ness creates great software.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/07/20/you-cant-please-all-the-people-all-of-the-time/";>by John at July 20, 2009 07:50 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> +GullFOSS</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototype_of_new_ui_test";> +Prototype of New UI: Test it yourself!</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>The project <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping";>Renaissance prototyping</a> phase will end this week, on July 24.</p> + <p> <img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/0/05/Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png/400px-Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png"; />There have been many prototypes along the way and now they are looking much more mature and promising. So much so, that the UX team decided it was time to test them on real users outside the OOo UX project. Innocent users caught unawares as it were, with no clue as to what was in store for them. :-)</p> + <p><img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/f/f2/Prototype.jpg/640px-Prototype.jpg"; /><br /></p> + <p>Some of the UX team members visited a company in Hamburg (has to be a secret for confidentiality and other legal mumbo jumbo), to test the new UI design prototype. The 'Floating Toolbar' prototype got very positive feedback. Scrolling and tabbed toolbar prototypes just cannot keep up with this design. The new live sorter view with full editing and object moving capabilities (also from one slide to another) is a real 'wow' feature, too. The users at the customer company were so enthusiastic about how it would simplify their work that they asked how soon it could be implemented. They were glad to see that the old menus remained intact so they could use their prior knowledge of OOo, while still enjoying the new toolbar simplicity. You know, just getting used to the newness without the scariness of being forced to use it because all you have ever known is now gone.<br /> </p> + <p>For daily updates of the prototype, see: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping";>http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping</a><br />(Java 6 required)</p> + <p>So, if you're the curious type...go on! Check out the prototype today.<br /> </p> + <p>Best wishes from the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance";>Renaissance</a> Team<br /></p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototype_of_new_ui_test";>by Elizabeth Matthis at July 20, 2009 04:11 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>July 15, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> @@ -434,40 +472,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> -OOo Marketeers</a> : -<a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-source-meeting-in-munich.html";> -Open Source Meeting in Munich</a> -</h3> -<p> -If you are living near Munich, don't miss this event and meet your mentor: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged";>http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4887643299605448632-9080686528103355681?l=ooomarketing.blogspot.com"; /></div></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-source-meeting-in-munich.html";>by floeff ([email protected]) at June 21, 2009 08:55 PM BST</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>June 18, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> -GullFOSS</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_towards_a_new_ooo";> -Prototyping Towards a New OOo User Interface</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p> </p> - <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance"; title="Project Renaissance Home Page">Project Renaissance</a> has entered the prototyping phase this week. <img align="right" src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/2/23/ProjectRenaissance_DesignProposalCollection_Logo.png"; /></p> - <p> The phase will take six weeks. Andre Fischer and Bernd Eilers have joined the Renaissance team for this time to develop the prototypes. We have started to build a Java based prototyping framework this week.</p> - <p> The prototypes will be made available through the<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping"; title="Prototyping Home Page"> prototyping home page</a> as soon as they become available. So stay tuned!<br /></p> - <p>Best regards</p> - <p>Frank<br /> </p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_towards_a_new_ooo";>by frankl at June 18, 2009 07:28 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.2133&r2=1.2134 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-07-20 17:00:01+0000 1.2133 +++ opml.xml 2009-07-20 23:00:08+0000 1.2134 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:00:28 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:00:30 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.790&r2=1.791 Delta lines: +24 -21 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-07-15 16:59:56+0000 1.790 +++ rss10.xml 2009-07-20 23:00:08+0000 1.791 @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=730"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4d68a85abb6958ae" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/18f532c0304884b6" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-2914683004333250728" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7fde99ef412ff58e" /> @@ -31,12 +33,32 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8310278998588697404" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1163"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-1717840200492303771" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-9080686528103355681" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/951b9958ff1c0fc2" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=730";> + <title>John McCreesh: You canât please all the people all of the timeâ¦</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/07/20/you-cant-please-all-the-people-all-of-the-time/</link> + <content:encoded><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-732" title="OOo Japan User Group" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ooougjp_logo.png" alt="OOo Japan User Group" width="240" height="87" />&#8230;but if you develop mass-market software, you need to please most of them most of the time. If you&#8217;re really smart, you can then please the rest of them by providing a mechanism for <em>extensions</em>. Extensions are a way to add in features to a piece of software which appeal to a sub-set of users, without cluttering up the software for everyone else.</p> +<p>During the lifetime of <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a> 2, the developers rapidly increased the ability of OpenOffice.org to support <a href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/">extensions</a>. At the same time the project created <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">a repository</a> to collect and distribute extensions.</p> +<p>A <a href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=8842">note posted today</a> to our Native Language mailing list highlighted an innovative use of extensions. The <a href="http://oooug.jp/">OpenOffice.org Japan user group</a> has released <a href="http://sourceforge.jp/projects/openoffice-docj/releases/?package_id=9481">an extension</a> to make Japanese users feel instantly at home with the software. Just one install tweaks thirty settings within the software, as well as adding clip art and templates more in tune with Japanese culture. As a final touch, it also makes use of high-quality Japanese fonts for Linux users.</p> +<p>Just one small example of how open-ness creates great software.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-07-20T19:50:34+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4d68a85abb6958ae"> + <title>GullFOSS: Prototype of New UI: Test it yourself!</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototype_of_new_ui_test</link> + <content:encoded><p>The project <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">Renaissance prototyping</a> phase will end this week, on July 24.</p> + <p> <img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/0/05/Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png/400px-Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png" />There have been many prototypes along the way and now they are looking much more mature and promising. So much so, that the UX team decided it was time to test them on real users outside the OOo UX project. Innocent users caught unawares as it were, with no clue as to what was in store for them. :-)</p> + <p><img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/f/f2/Prototype.jpg/640px-Prototype.jpg" /><br /></p> + <p>Some of the UX team members visited a company in Hamburg (has to be a secret for confidentiality and other legal mumbo jumbo), to test the new UI design prototype. The 'Floating Toolbar' prototype got very positive feedback. Scrolling and tabbed toolbar prototypes just cannot keep up with this design. The new live sorter view with full editing and object moving capabilities (also from one slide to another) is a real 'wow' feature, too. The users at the customer company were so enthusiastic about how it would simplify their work that they asked how soon it could be implemented. They were glad to see that the old menus remained intact so they could use their prior knowledge of OOo, while still enjoying the new toolbar simplicity. You know, just getting used to the newness without the scariness of being forced to use it because all you have ever known is now gone.<br /> </p> + <p>For daily updates of the prototype, see: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping</a><br />(Java 6 required)</p> + <p>So, if you're the curious type...go on! Check out the prototype today.<br /> </p> + <p>Best wishes from the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance</a> Team<br /></p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-07-20T16:11:42+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>Elizabeth Matthis</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/18f532c0304884b6"> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m52) available</title> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x6</link> @@ -289,24 +311,5 @@ <dc:date>2009-06-21T20:56:05+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-9080686528103355681"> - <title>OOo Marketeers: Open Source Meeting in Munich</title> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-source-meeting-in-munich.html</link> - <content:encoded>If you are living near Munich, don't miss this event and meet your mentor: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4887643299605448632-9080686528103355681?l=ooomarketing.blogspot.com" /></div></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-06-21T20:55:36+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> -</item> -<item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/951b9958ff1c0fc2"> - <title>GullFOSS: Prototyping Towards a New OOo User Interface</title> - <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_towards_a_new_ooo</link> - <content:encoded><p> </p> - <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance" title="Project Renaissance Home Page">Project Renaissance</a> has entered the prototyping phase this week. <img align="right" src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/2/23/ProjectRenaissance_DesignProposalCollection_Logo.png" /></p> - <p> The phase will take six weeks. Andre Fischer and Bernd Eilers have joined the Renaissance team for this time to develop the prototypes. We have started to build a Java based prototyping framework this week.</p> - <p> The prototypes will be made available through the<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping" title="Prototyping Home Page"> prototyping home page</a> as soon as they become available. So stay tuned!<br /></p> - <p>Best regards</p> - <p>Frank<br /> </p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-06-18T19:28:36+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>frankl</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.790&r2=1.791 Delta lines: +23 -20 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-07-15 16:59:56+0000 1.790 +++ rss20.xml 2009-07-20 23:00:10+0000 1.791 @@ -8,6 +8,29 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>John McCreesh: You canât please all the people all of the timeâ¦</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=730</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/07/20/you-cant-please-all-the-people-all-of-the-time/</link> + <description><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-732" title="OOo Japan User Group" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ooougjp_logo.png" alt="OOo Japan User Group" width="240" height="87" />&#8230;but if you develop mass-market software, you need to please most of them most of the time. If you&#8217;re really smart, you can then please the rest of them by providing a mechanism for <em>extensions</em>. Extensions are a way to add in features to a piece of software which appeal to a sub-set of users, without cluttering up the software for everyone else.</p> +<p>During the lifetime of <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a> 2, the developers rapidly increased the ability of OpenOffice.org to support <a href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/">extensions</a>. At the same time the project created <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">a repository</a> to collect and distribute extensions.</p> +<p>A <a href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=8842">note posted today</a> to our Native Language mailing list highlighted an innovative use of extensions. The <a href="http://oooug.jp/">OpenOffice.org Japan user group</a> has released <a href="http://sourceforge.jp/projects/openoffice-docj/releases/?package_id=9481">an extension</a> to make Japanese users feel instantly at home with the software. Just one install tweaks thirty settings within the software, as well as adding clip art and templates more in tune with Japanese culture. As a final touch, it also makes use of high-quality Japanese fonts for Linux users.</p> +<p>Just one small example of how open-ness creates great software.</p></description> + <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:50:34 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>GullFOSS: Prototype of New UI: Test it yourself!</title> + <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4d68a85abb6958ae</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototype_of_new_ui_test</link> + <description><p>The project <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">Renaissance prototyping</a> phase will end this week, on July 24.</p> + <p> <img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/0/05/Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png/400px-Renaissance-Logo-Proposal-Final2.png" />There have been many prototypes along the way and now they are looking much more mature and promising. So much so, that the UX team decided it was time to test them on real users outside the OOo UX project. Innocent users caught unawares as it were, with no clue as to what was in store for them. :-)</p> + <p><img src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/thumb/f/f2/Prototype.jpg/640px-Prototype.jpg" /><br /></p> + <p>Some of the UX team members visited a company in Hamburg (has to be a secret for confidentiality and other legal mumbo jumbo), to test the new UI design prototype. The 'Floating Toolbar' prototype got very positive feedback. Scrolling and tabbed toolbar prototypes just cannot keep up with this design. The new live sorter view with full editing and object moving capabilities (also from one slide to another) is a real 'wow' feature, too. The users at the customer company were so enthusiastic about how it would simplify their work that they asked how soon it could be implemented. They were glad to see that the old menus remained intact so they could use their prior knowledge of OOo, while still enjoying the new toolbar simplicity. You know, just getting used to the newness without the scariness of being forced to use it because all you have ever known is now gone.<br /> </p> + <p>For daily updates of the prototype, see: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance/Prototyping</a><br />(Java 6 required)</p> + <p>So, if you're the curious type...go on! Check out the prototype today.<br /> </p> + <p>Best wishes from the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance</a> Team<br /></p></description> + <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:11:42 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m52) available</title> <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/18f532c0304884b6</guid> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x6</link> @@ -271,26 +294,6 @@ <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:56:05 +0000</pubDate> <author>[email protected] (floeff)</author> </item> -<item> - <title>OOo Marketeers: Open Source Meeting in Munich</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-9080686528103355681</guid> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-source-meeting-in-munich.html</link> - <description>If you are living near Munich, don't miss this event and meet your mentor: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Floeff/OpenSourceUnplugged</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4887643299605448632-9080686528103355681?l=ooomarketing.blogspot.com" /></div></description> - <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate> - <author>[email protected] (floeff)</author> -</item> -<item> - <title>GullFOSS: Prototyping Towards a New OOo User Interface</title> - <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/951b9958ff1c0fc2</guid> - <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_towards_a_new_ooo</link> - <description><p> </p> - <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance" title="Project Renaissance Home Page">Project Renaissance</a> has entered the prototyping phase this week. <img align="right" src="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/2/23/ProjectRenaissance_DesignProposalCollection_Logo.png" /></p> - <p> The phase will take six weeks. Andre Fischer and Bernd Eilers have joined the Renaissance team for this time to develop the prototypes. We have started to build a Java based prototyping framework this week.</p> - <p> The prototypes will be made available through the<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping" title="Prototyping Home Page"> prototyping home page</a> as soon as they become available. So stay tuned!<br /></p> - <p>Best regards</p> - <p>Frank<br /> </p></description> - <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:28:36 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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