Marc, I would be happy to do the screenshots for any OS X version of LibreOffice. My only concern is somewhat in line with Larry's, actually. From what I hear, most OS X users really do expect applications to fall into line with Apple's HIG, which is why many Java programs aren't that popular on the OS X platform-- they stick out like a sore thumb.
Does that mean we have to follow the default Aqua color scheme? I don't think so-- there are several very popular programs that certainly don't adopt the graphite/gray. Microsoft Office breaks the guidelines and general conventions and still prevails (though admittedly this may be because of its market share overall). Although I don't think users would mind different colors, I would recommend at least leaving the option to switch to "default" colors and icons, if only because some users really do prefer a consistent theme overall. The recent popularity of the Elementary Project in the Linux world seems to be a demonstration of this, to say nothing of the longstanding criticism leveled at programs that override GTK+ themes to no real advantage. Also keep in mind that OpenOffice.org had an entire project devoted to "Mac-ifying" it, which was the NeoOffice project. We may gain more users by not being bombastically different, is all that I'm saying. Sincerely, -- Christopher Lee Executive Director Champion Debate On Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > Hi Christopher: > > Le 2011-07-06 23:51, Christopher Lee a écrit : > > Marc, > > > > What Larry's referring to overall is Apple's Human Interface Guidelines ( > > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/XHIGIntro.html), > > which basically define what's "expected" from Apple programs. Many programs > > will conform to these guidelines, which impose general color schemes, > > scrollbars, and conventions more or less analogously to what GTK does for > > Linux (there's a shell script that makes Ubuntu use the Aqua theme-- it well > > shows how Aqua and GTK function in similar ways with regards to interface > > design). It shouldn't be deadly difficult to find how the others use these > > sets, though I don't think it requires that much. > > > > Though Larry, plenty of people use MSO for Mac, which definitively does > > break the HIG. > > Ahh, thanks for the information. I know that there has been talk of > having a separate Mac set of screenshots. > > IMHO, if we can make LibreOffice colours show on desktops then it will > be great marketing feat. I would imagine that if the LibreOffice green > sticks out in a sea of "blue or graphite", then people will notice it. I > don't think people will complain of the LibreOffice software quality > because it displays different colours. I guess we would then be > considered the "nasty rebels" on the Mac platform ... ironic when you > consider the Mac has TV commercials depicting itself as a rebel to > MSWindows. :-) > > Cheers > > Marc > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
