Hello Andre, I just tested the Sidebar Developer Build on a Windows XP virtual Machine and it looks really great, thanks for the great work by my side, too! May I ask if I can include a screenshot of the Sidebar Developer Build into my FOSDEM presentation? The subject of my talk is the development of custom Task Pane estensions, and I would like to show a glimpse of the future (of course, mentioning the source wiki page and specifying that the screenshot is related to a work-in-progess UI). I'm highly interested in custom sidebar extension development (I began creating custom sidebar plug-ins for clients in IBM Lotus Symphony environment) and I would like to contribute on the subject; I currently use Java and NetBeans plug-in to create my extension, is the source code for the Java extension for development and debugging of the sidebar available? Is there any other way I may help? About the color scheme survey, my preference goes to C1, followed by B1 and A1. Thanks in advance and best regards,
Fabrizio On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Shenfeng Liu <liush...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andre, > Thanks for the great work! > I search out the original sidebar post on facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO/posts/395424523873910 > And the result till now shows that B1 and B3 are more favorite, and A1 is > following. > > Here is what I counted out (some people voted for multiple options. And > if some one just say "I like 3", I will +1 for A3, B3 and C3): > > A1: 4 > A2: 1 > A3: 2 > B1: 5 > B2: 1 > B3: 5 > C1: 2 > C2: 1 > C3: 3 > > - Shenfeng (Simon) > > > > 2013/1/30 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > > > Andre, > > > > This is looking really great. > > > > Re: colour > > An initial goal for the sidebar is to compliment, but not compete with of > > distract users from the canvas. In an effort to minimize UI noise and > help > > keep the focus on the editor canvas - the work - I recommend we adopt a > > hybrid of proposal 1 & 3: a grey background with suitable contrast for > the > > title sections, a darker grey. > > > > Another option might be to use a gradient for the section title. Darker > to > > lighter, top to bottom. This would frame the header, reinforce the > > expand/collapse affordable And reinforce the info architecture. More > > importantly, if the gradient resolved to the background colour, it would > > eliminate the line between the header text and the content. This will > > strengthen the association between the section title and content and > > mitigate the Lego effect. I can prep a sketch to illustrate my point. > > > > Re: control styles > > Again, noise reduction and consistency would be best. Flat backgrounds > are > > consistent with other toolbars and reduce non-actionable pixels. I > > recommend we implement Proposal B. > > > > Again, great job. > > > > I'm looking forward to exploring new and exciting uses for the sidebar > > framework. > > > > Best regards, > > Kevin > > > > > > > > On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:41 PM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Development of the sidebar is progressing well. It already looks a lot > > like the mockups posted by Xin Li on December 18th [1]. I have > > concentrated on the underlying framework, so there is only one partially > > migrated panel so far. Nevertheless the framework is now flexible enough > > to think about the default color scheme to use. There are developer > builds > > [2] and an extension that allow live evaluation of the nine different > color > > schemes from [1]. > > > > > > I would like to ask you to either look at the mockups at [1] or try the > > developer builds [2] and tell me what color scheme you like best. > > > > > > General information about the sidebar, the current state of development > > and how to help can be found in the wiki [3]. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for you help, > > > Andre > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_User_Interface_Design_Proposals#Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_UX_Design_propoals > > > [2] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar#Developer_Builds > > > [3] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar > > > > > > PS: I remember Rob having asked the same question on our Facebook site > > but can not find the email anymore. I also remember that the feedback > was > > somewhat inconclusive. Does anybody know the details? > > > > > >
