On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alexandro, > > > Le Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:03:02 -0500, > Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> >> 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. :) > > I may be wrong but you need to formalize these things a bit: I mean > that you may want to fill out some specs documents, maybe open a > project here or shove it into an existing one. I'll try to see how I > can help. > > Best, > Charles.
Well it would be on UX but first we need a first implementation to see how it behaves and how we can start working once we got a working thing, the next step is positioning on UX or another project. Right now we are looking forward to the builds that would allow us easier access to the startmodule. > >> >> >> > 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] >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
