User: jpmcc Date: 2009-08-13 22:59:31+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 Fri Aug 14 00:00:14 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=1.2226&r2=1.2227 Delta lines: +41 -35 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-08-13 16:59:28+0000 1.2226 +++ atom.xml 2009-08-13 22:59:28+0000 1.2227 @@ -5,10 +5,40 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:26+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:26+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Getting your ribbons in a twist</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/13/getting-your-ribbons-in-a-twist/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=746</id> + <updated>2009-08-13T18:02:44+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-747" title="Renaissance Logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/renaissance-logo.png" alt="Renaissance Logo" width="160" height="56" /></a>The <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance Project</a> &#8211; <em>Create a User Interface so that <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> becomes the users&#8217; choice not only out of need but also out of desire</em>&#8221; &#8211; was proposed at the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OpenOffice.org Conference in Beijing</a> last year and<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/29/and-a-pretty-face-too/"> launched officially in November</a>. It&#8217;s been busy at work ever since, and not really attracting a huge focus in the media until someone commented that part of the new UI in <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">the prototype</a> reminded them of Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Ribbon&#8221; &#8230; and then suddenly the world woke up.</p> +<p>I think this is a bit unfair on the Renaissance team. They actually set<br /> +out with a clean sheet <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:The_Roadmap">following a clear roadmap</a></p> +<ul> +<li>During Q4 08 &#8211; Q1 09 they conducted research about how people use OOo, through surveys and actual usage tracking, analysing huge volumes of data</li> +<li>In Q2 09 they posted a general call for design ideas and collected 17 proposals and 145 design mock-ups</li> +<li>By the end of Q2 these ideas were starting to coalesce into design prototypes.</li> +<li>During Q3 the prototypes for <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html">Impress</a> were released to generate feedback.</li> +</ul> +<p>And yes, one of the elements of the new design was a new toolbar, which reminded people of the Microsoft Ribbon. Not really surprising, in that using tabs like this is pretty common in UIs &#8211; e.g. on websites. There were other ideas which were equally striking, but which didn&#8217;t attract the same level of comment &#8211; live previews, the drag and drop feature in the sorter view, a 3D view (I&#8217;d love this on my Eee PC <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> ) etc.</p> +<p>So, the project continues while the buzz subsides. The prototypes will be formally tested with real users, and refined; the team will analyse the feedback from people who have used the prototypes; other prototypes may be built. At some stage, the research will tell the Renaissance folk they have hit gold, and then the work of transferring this work into OpenOffice.org will begin.</p> +<p>It&#8217;s all very open, very interactive, with an enthusiastic project team. It will be fascinating to see what emerges.</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>2009-08-13T23:00:16+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Presenting at OOoCon?</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/12/presenting-at-ooocon/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=744</id> @@ -26,7 +56,7 @@ <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>2009-08-12T23:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -49,7 +79,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -71,7 +101,7 @@ <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>2009-08-12T23:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -95,7 +125,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -128,7 +158,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -216,7 +246,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -269,7 +299,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -293,7 +323,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -344,7 +374,7 @@ <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>2009-08-12T23:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -368,31 +398,7 @@ <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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+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"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/18f532c0304884b6</id> - <updated>2009-07-15T07:50:30+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev </b><b>DEV300_m52</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.x has -been uploaded to the mirror network.<br /><br />If -you find severe issues within this build please file them to -OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker.<br /> </p> - <p>Please use the following link<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next" title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a> </p> - <p>Packages are also available from <b>extended</b> mirror sites ( <b>listed with an [E]</b> ) from the &quot;.../extended/developer/DEV300_m52&quot; directory:<br /><a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors">http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a> </p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html</a></p></content> - <author> - <name>Joost Andrae</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>2009-08-13T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-08-13T23:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2233&r2=1.2234 Delta lines: +27 -22 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-08-13 16:59:29+0000 1.2233 +++ index.html 2009-08-13 22:59:28+0000 1.2234 @@ -36,8 +36,34 @@ <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: August 13, 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: August 13, 2009 11:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>August 13, 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/2009/08/13/getting-your-ribbons-in-a-twist/";> +Getting your ribbons in a twist</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance";><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-747" title="Renaissance Logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/renaissance-logo.png"; alt="Renaissance Logo" width="160" height="56" /></a>The <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance";>Renaissance Project</a> – <em>Create a User Interface so that <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org</a> becomes the users’ choice not only out of need but also out of desire</em>” – was proposed at the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html";>OpenOffice.org Conference in Beijing</a> last year and<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/29/and-a-pretty-face-too/";> launched officially in November</a>. It’s been busy at work ever since, and not really attracting a huge focus in the media until someone commented that part of the new UI in <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping";>the prototype</a> reminded them of Microsoft’s “Ribbon” … and then suddenly the world woke up.</p> +<p>I think this is a bit unfair on the Renaissance team. They actually set<br /> +out with a clean sheet <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:The_Roadmap";>following a clear roadmap</a></p> +<ul> +<li>During Q4 08 – Q1 09 they conducted research about how people use OOo, through surveys and actual usage tracking, analysing huge volumes of data</li> +<li>In Q2 09 they posted a general call for design ideas and collected 17 proposals and 145 design mock-ups</li> +<li>By the end of Q2 these ideas were starting to coalesce into design prototypes.</li> +<li>During Q3 the prototypes for <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html";>Impress</a> were released to generate feedback.</li> +</ul> +<p>And yes, one of the elements of the new design was a new toolbar, which reminded people of the Microsoft Ribbon. Not really surprising, in that using tabs like this is pretty common in UIs – e.g. on websites. There were other ideas which were equally striking, but which didn’t attract the same level of comment – live previews, the drag and drop feature in the sorter view, a 3D view (I’d love this on my Eee PC <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"; alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> ) etc.</p> +<p>So, the project continues while the buzz subsides. The prototypes will be formally tested with real users, and refined; the team will analyse the feedback from people who have used the prototypes; other prototypes may be built. At some stage, the research will tell the Renaissance folk they have hit gold, and then the work of transferring this work into OpenOffice.org will begin.</p> +<p>It’s all very open, very interactive, with an enthusiastic project team. It will be fascinating to see what emerges.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/13/getting-your-ribbons-in-a-twist/";>by John at August 13, 2009 06:02 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>August 12, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> @@ -339,27 +365,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>July 15, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> -GullFOSS</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x6";> -New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m52) available</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev </b><b>DEV300_m52</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.x has -been uploaded to the mirror network.<br /><br />If -you find severe issues within this build please file them to -OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker.<br /> </p> - <p>Please use the following link<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next"; title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a> </p> - <p>Packages are also available from <b>extended</b> mirror sites ( <b>listed with an [E]</b> ) from the ".../extended/developer/DEV300_m52" directory:<br /><a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors";>http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a> </p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html";>http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html</a></p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x6";>by Joost Andrae at July 15, 2009 07:50 AM 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=1.2226&r2=1.2227 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-08-13 16:59:29+0000 1.2226 +++ opml.xml 2009-08-13 22:59:28+0000 1.2227 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:00:27 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:26 +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=1.804&r2=1.805 Delta lines: +18 -14 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-08-12 22:59:36+0000 1.804 +++ rss10.xml 2009-08-13 22:59:28+0000 1.805 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=746"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=744"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e152a34c52c3c5fd" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=740"; /> @@ -28,11 +29,27 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/07/23/links-for-the-end-of-july/"; /> <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:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=746";> + <title>John McCreesh: Getting your ribbons in a twist</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/13/getting-your-ribbons-in-a-twist/</link> + <content:encoded><p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-747" title="Renaissance Logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/renaissance-logo.png" alt="Renaissance Logo" width="160" height="56" /></a>The <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance Project</a> &#8211; <em>Create a User Interface so that <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> becomes the users&#8217; choice not only out of need but also out of desire</em>&#8221; &#8211; was proposed at the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OpenOffice.org Conference in Beijing</a> last year and<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/29/and-a-pretty-face-too/"> launched officially in November</a>. It&#8217;s been busy at work ever since, and not really attracting a huge focus in the media until someone commented that part of the new UI in <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">the prototype</a> reminded them of Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Ribbon&#8221; &#8230; and then suddenly the world woke up.</p> +<p>I think this is a bit unfair on the Renaissance team. They actually set<br /> +out with a clean sheet <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:The_Roadmap">following a clear roadmap</a></p> +<ul> +<li>During Q4 08 &#8211; Q1 09 they conducted research about how people use OOo, through surveys and actual usage tracking, analysing huge volumes of data</li> +<li>In Q2 09 they posted a general call for design ideas and collected 17 proposals and 145 design mock-ups</li> +<li>By the end of Q2 these ideas were starting to coalesce into design prototypes.</li> +<li>During Q3 the prototypes for <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html">Impress</a> were released to generate feedback.</li> +</ul> +<p>And yes, one of the elements of the new design was a new toolbar, which reminded people of the Microsoft Ribbon. Not really surprising, in that using tabs like this is pretty common in UIs &#8211; e.g. on websites. There were other ideas which were equally striking, but which didn&#8217;t attract the same level of comment &#8211; live previews, the drag and drop feature in the sorter view, a 3D view (I&#8217;d love this on my Eee PC <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> ) etc.</p> +<p>So, the project continues while the buzz subsides. The prototypes will be formally tested with real users, and refined; the team will analyse the feedback from people who have used the prototypes; other prototypes may be built. At some stage, the research will tell the Renaissance folk they have hit gold, and then the work of transferring this work into OpenOffice.org will begin.</p> +<p>It&#8217;s all very open, very interactive, with an enthusiastic project team. It will be fascinating to see what emerges.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-08-13T18:02:44+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=744";> <title>John McCreesh: Presenting at OOoCon?</title> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/12/presenting-at-ooocon/</link> @@ -216,18 +233,5 @@ <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> - <content:encoded><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev </b><b>DEV300_m52</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.x has -been uploaded to the mirror network.<br /><br />If -you find severe issues within this build please file them to -OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker.<br /> </p> - <p>Please use the following link<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next" title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a> </p> - <p>Packages are also available from <b>extended</b> mirror sites ( <b>listed with an [E]</b> ) from the &quot;.../extended/developer/DEV300_m52&quot; directory:<br /><a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors">http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a> </p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html</a></p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-07-15T07:50:30+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>Joost Andrae</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.804&r2=1.805 Delta lines: +18 -13 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-08-12 22:59:36+0000 1.804 +++ rss20.xml 2009-08-13 22:59:28+0000 1.805 @@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>John McCreesh: Getting your ribbons in a twist</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=746</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/13/getting-your-ribbons-in-a-twist/</link> + <description><p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-747" title="Renaissance Logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/renaissance-logo.png" alt="Renaissance Logo" width="160" height="56" /></a>The <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance Project</a> &#8211; <em>Create a User Interface so that <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> becomes the users&#8217; choice not only out of need but also out of desire</em>&#8221; &#8211; was proposed at the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OpenOffice.org Conference in Beijing</a> last year and<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/29/and-a-pretty-face-too/"> launched officially in November</a>. It&#8217;s been busy at work ever since, and not really attracting a huge focus in the media until someone commented that part of the new UI in <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Prototyping">the prototype</a> reminded them of Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Ribbon&#8221; &#8230; and then suddenly the world woke up.</p> +<p>I think this is a bit unfair on the Renaissance team. They actually set<br /> +out with a clean sheet <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:The_Roadmap">following a clear roadmap</a></p> +<ul> +<li>During Q4 08 &#8211; Q1 09 they conducted research about how people use OOo, through surveys and actual usage tracking, analysing huge volumes of data</li> +<li>In Q2 09 they posted a general call for design ideas and collected 17 proposals and 145 design mock-ups</li> +<li>By the end of Q2 these ideas were starting to coalesce into design prototypes.</li> +<li>During Q3 the prototypes for <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html">Impress</a> were released to generate feedback.</li> +</ul> +<p>And yes, one of the elements of the new design was a new toolbar, which reminded people of the Microsoft Ribbon. Not really surprising, in that using tabs like this is pretty common in UIs &#8211; e.g. on websites. There were other ideas which were equally striking, but which didn&#8217;t attract the same level of comment &#8211; live previews, the drag and drop feature in the sorter view, a 3D view (I&#8217;d love this on my Eee PC <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> ) etc.</p> +<p>So, the project continues while the buzz subsides. The prototypes will be formally tested with real users, and refined; the team will analyse the feedback from people who have used the prototypes; other prototypes may be built. At some stage, the research will tell the Renaissance folk they have hit gold, and then the work of transferring this work into OpenOffice.org will begin.</p> +<p>It&#8217;s all very open, very interactive, with an enthusiastic project team. It will be fascinating to see what emerges.</p></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:02:44 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: Presenting at OOoCon?</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=744</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/08/12/presenting-at-ooocon/</link> @@ -198,19 +216,6 @@ <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> - <description><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev </b><b>DEV300_m52</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.x has -been uploaded to the mirror network.<br /><br />If -you find severe issues within this build please file them to -OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker.<br /> </p> - <p>Please use the following link<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next" title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a> </p> - <p>Packages are also available from <b>extended</b> mirror sites ( <b>listed with an [E]</b> ) from the &quot;.../extended/developer/DEV300_m52&quot; directory:<br /><a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors">http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a> </p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/index.html</a></p></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:50:30 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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