Hello everyone. I have been working on a simple mockup for tabs in LibreOffice. I checked some past suggestions in Bugzilla for tabs in LO. LO and Office 2007 (along with 2010) have support for tabs but only with add-ons. I think that implementing tabs into LO would help attract more users. The convenience of having multiple tabs in one window instead of having to shift between several separate windows is a feature which I feel would be appreciated by many users. I have used Office Tabs and despite it being rather limited it improved my user experience with Office 2007 by allowing me to easily shift between several documents.
Some potential ideas: * Tab positioning _ Positions tabs at the top, bottom, left, or right of the page; controlled according to what the user wants Pro: Tab position is left in control of the user so that zie can show zir's tabs in location most convenient to user Con: Could potentially overshadow panels (if implemented) * List tabs button _ Shows all tabs which are open in the current application; Useful for when 4+ tabs (at least) are in use Pro: Multiple tabs easily seen by user without having to take up too much screen space Con: Tab list could end up excessively long and require scrolling on part of user *Sort tab order _ Order of tabs controlled by mouse (click-and-drag), touch (touch-and-drag), or keyboard command Pro: Tab order easily shifted around by user at zir's convenience Con: Not sure how to implement for visually impaired users Later on this week I'll do a mockup using the Citrus UI images. Any feedback is much appreciated. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzbVEiGiz0dnS3paaHMzeEtUUU96aFZWMVBoMzFnUQ ~ Maggie -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
