I would go with the tabbed bar. * It is somewhat scalable (e.g. for potential addons ) by adding tabs if really needed. * It is similar to the MS office style ** It makes it easier for people who want to switch from MSO ** It can be a good argument for decision makers that it is like applications people know. ** I assume MS made quite some effort to get the ribbon concept right so doing something similar is likely to be a good idea.
All this might be better estimated with a usability test comparing the alternatives in depth, but as long as we did not do this, I would suggest above reasoning. Jan Am 29.03.2018 um 18:23 schrieb Heiko Tietze: > On 29.03.2018 18:02, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote: >> IMO, the Groupedbar should be the chosen one. >> Here are the reasons why I think it is the most suited one: >> 1 - *It has a unique look among Office suites >> 2 - It's distinctive from the Ribbon UI > > That was my question. Personally I wouldn't go with the Groupedbar because it > has no advantage over classic toolbars, there is a lot of unclear movement, > and I doubt that Benjamin find his way easily through the options. Not saying > it's bad design. > > And your reasons are different from the originally discussed idea to make it > easy to switch from other programs: "It's encouraged to have Notebookbars > that simulate alternative programs but "crazy" ideas with completely new UI > approaches are also welcome." > > But it's up to the community, which is first the design team. So more > opinions please. > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
