Hi Mike!
I'm avid to know your ideas. But if you think it's better to refine them
before publishe them, I support this decision. And please don't leave to
share your learning about the LibO's UI System, I'm very interested too. :D
Yeas, I think most of visual changes must be done gradually to make sure
that savvy users will not lost the control feeling on the UI.
~Paulo
On 21-01-2011 02:32, Mike Houben wrote:
Hi Paulo,
your arrival is realy promising. I'm myself on this list about a month I think.
I have some ideas for Libreoffice which I will first talk with Christoph on
Fosdem about, because apperently there is a big big system behind it, which I
don't know yet.
But You are the men.
But anyway:
I think that your knowledge in UX. This Knowledge and enthuisasm could provide
us with a hole new better and improved UI System for Libreoffice.
If anyone out there thinks now, that noooooo don't change anything or there are
some people who like the actual UI.... Yes I am aware of this ;)
If anyone wants to know more about my idea, I would be please to talk to him.
But I think for the Mailinglist I need to work on it a little bit more and talk
to Christoph.
Mike
Am 21.01.2011 um 04:03 schrieb Paulo José:
Hi! My name is Paulo José, 20. I'm a Brazilian Computer Science student and
I've been an art lover along all my life.
In last days I've discovered many new possibilities about the LibreOffice
world. In january 17 I published some very basic mock-ups on DeviantArt website
[1]; they show how I imagined the LibreOffice's UI could be. Then these mockups
was posted by some interesting blogs [2] about Linux related news and it has
very cool and exciting. I also met some people who have nice ideas too and even
serious projects, like Citrus UI [3].
And now I'm very excitet to be here in this maillist, thanks to Berhnard
Dippold and Christoph Noack that helped me very much and invited me to join the
Design Team. Thank you very much guys!
So, if you want to know more about me, here a short of my professional
experience. In 2008's last months I and some colleagues became part of a
research grounp about usability and accessibility under the guidance of two
teachers. Our goal was analise the University's website and propose a new
design of interface. We worked hard for one year, since the first online survey
to know the previous site's problems, user test and card sorting analysis,
passing by many creation steps, until the user tests on the website already
online. We used some capturing softwares like Morae and at last an online
survey to comparation purposes. It was an amazing experience and I learned a
lot along the process. The resulting website [4] was rewarding and has good
users feedback.
Parallel to this, I worked on a interface for a Conference's website and the UI of its
papers submission system [6] with our team of the "Linked" Junior Enterprise. I
think this two projects gave me some practical and teorical - although very initial -
knowledge about UI design. And by my whole life I worked (as amateur) with graphical
programs like Photoshop, Gimp, Inkscape and Blender.
And of course, I'm a big fan of the singer Shania Twain and the most part of my
works [my old portfolio - 7] was inspirated by her! :D I also have a personal
website dedicated to her [8].
English is not a language I dominate so much, but I actually hope to take part
of LibreOffice's development. And I ask your help (and patience) to find the
best way to do that. :) I hope become myself a deserver of your support.
[1] - http://pauloup.deviantart.com/gallery/28216273
[2] -
WebUpd8<http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/libreoffice-user-interface-mockups-with.html>,
OMGUbuntu<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/yet-more-libreoffice-mock-ups-roll-in/>
[3] - http://clickortap.wordpress.com
[4] - http://www.ufsj.edu.br
[5] - http://cbeb.linkedej.com.br/
[6] - http://www.linkedej.com.br/cbebreview/
[7] - http://pauloup.webs.com/wallpapers301400.htm
[8] - http://casatwain.com/
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Computer Science Student
Federal University of São João del-Rei
WebDesigner / Linked Empresa Júnior
Blogger / casatwain.com
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