On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ben, > > I love your idea, and I would like to see it not forgotten somewhere on the > wiki. So we have to work with the actual feature design process. One way of > integrating your views in the OOo development process is the Renaissance > project, but there may be others, such as the o...@www incubator project. Did > you push the dashboard anywhere with the development team already? > > Thanks, > > Charles.
Hi Chales, I have been workin with Ben on the dashboard idea for quie a while. We tried to pushit on the Google Summer of Code but some issues regarding the volunteer registration stop us from going ahead with him. Also we got people involved from the original team that modified the StartModule (where would be the dashboard) and are working with them. We need people that can make a built or a modification where is easy to load this HTML within the StartModule so we can have the flexibility to work with our implementation. Like Ivan said, we would need more skillsets as we go along with JS and XML and consider elements such as security and other aspects beyond our technical capacity. I think is great that Ben put this idea on marketing since it can generate external interest beyond the people we are working with. Please keep the feedback flowing. :) > Le 3 juin 09 à 09:43, Ivan M a écrit : > >> >> P.S. I just noticed that you sent this to the marketing list - please >> send a link to the UX list too as there is interest in this idea over >> there as well! >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Ivan M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ben, all, >>> >>> I always get excited when there's discussion about a dashboard :P >>> >>> Ben, thank you for sharing your design with us! Having the dashboard >>> in HTML is a great idea: just change the CSS and you can get a >>> completely different layout. Plus, the use of HTML and JS could work >>> really well for attracting a broad range of contributors/developers, >>> as you mentioned. There would probably be a lot of XML involved too >>> (e.g. recent file lists). There would also probably be security >>> considerations with JS that might complicate the implementation of >>> this idea - but the potential is huge. >>> >>> Here's a thought that got me thinking about your proposal: it might >>> seem odd to users that they would be able to customize the dashboard >>> so heavily, but not the rest of OOo (and I've seen many suggestions by >>> users saying that OOo should be skinnable). Although this matter is >>> well beyond the scope of the dashboard (and I think that a >>> customizable dashboard is a wonderful idea), it does make me wonder - >>> what if OOo (or at least, some parts of it) could be skinned with CSS >>> (a crazy idea, I know...)? >>> >>> I'll add some more comments on your proposal later - I'm short on time >>> these days, but with a juicy topic (and a juicy mockup) like this I >>> just couldn't resist :) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ivan. >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Le 03.06.2009 03:57, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I've been working on the Dashboard concept some more and have the >>>>> following semi-functional mockup to share. This would appear in the >>>>> OOo application window where the start center now appears. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php >>>> >>>> It looks very interesting. I suggest to add direct access to some help >>>> documentation such as FAQ, wiki, "getting started in 3 pages" for each >>>> module (perhaps 3 pages is to long) and complete guide if available. >>>> >>>> Another point : recent documents should show full names, in order to not >>>> have to use mouse to get tooltip with the full filename. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> JBF >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Seuls des formats ouverts peuvent assurer la pérennité de vos documents. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
