On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Zaphod Feeblejocks <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 23 May 2011 at 9:57, Christopher Stark wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > as I mentioned earlier, the main argument against ribbons is that in M$ > > Office the user has to click on ribbons/tabs all the time and never > > knows if the required functions hide behind "Review", "Insert" or > > "Design"... > > My annoyance with ribbons is: > - In MSO 2003 / LibO, I can easily see the things I expect to be in the top > toolbar - font information and so on. > If I perform certain other functions (e.g. tables), another floating > toolbar appears. > > - In MSO 2007/10, going into tables causes a big menu all about tables to > obscure the things I want to see on > the menu, with a lot of options I am not one bit interested in. Also, the > buttons are SO inconsistent - different > sizes, some have text and some do not, etc. > > In fact, the Ribbon reminds me of 'modern art'. It's a piece of junk and > if anyone else designed it, > commentators would call it junk. But because Microsoft say it is 'good', > lots of people who should know better > agree with them. > > The MSO ribbon is crap. While I love Open Source and LibO, I would either > stay on LibO 3.3 forever, or go to > WordPerfect if LibO mimicked that horrible interface. > > > > All this makes working with the current solution in my opinion much more > efficient than with ribbons > > Absolutely. If I wanted stupid ribbons cluttering the place, I would be > using MSO. I'm not using it because the > interface stinks. OTOH, if someone developed an implementation of ribbons > that was so good, and showed > that the idea is fine and that MS have simply done a bad job of developing > it, that would be another matter. > > In another email, Sveinn í Felli suggests an optional vertical toolbar - > possibly a far more sensible option, > especially as so many people have wide screens nowadays. > What would be the best way to look into this? Getting some mock ups? Even if it becomes an "extension" of some sort not default. I would really like to explore this idea. Any help or direction would be appreciated. > > ZF. > -- > Zaphod > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Joed Lopez -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
