On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote:
> +1, > > Nice thinking, Guy. > > Perhaps a bit more work and resource to make this customizable, and a > great idea. This also matters for enterprise deployments and such. That, > along with customized template sets can be very important in certain areas > of application. > > We still have the original resource problem to solve, yet it is nice to > see thoughtful definition taking place. Do we (AOO) have to solve that, or is it the project (being downstream to AOO) ? To me it sounds like a downstream adaptation. rgds jan i > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Waterval [mailto:waterval....@gmail.com <javascript:;>] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 13:00 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: OOo4Kids & OOoLight Status > > Hi Jan, > Hi all, > > 2015-02-16 10:26 GMT+01:00 jan i <j...@apache.org <javascript:;>>: > > > > > In order to keep it (as AOO) we. need to know > > - is the brand registred and eho has the current right to the brand > > - can we as AOO provide resources to keep this alive > > > > I think it is a good downstream project, but I do not currently see a > > possibility to add this to the AOO project. > > > > Hi Jan, > Hi all, > > Many thanks for the proposition. But I think (personal opinion, I don't > speak for educoo) that it would be a waste of ressources, as we don't > actually have the needed dev capacity to assist in such a process. For me, > the best way is to maintain the availability of OOoLight and OOo4Kids (they > are always usable), but the users should be informed (for transparency > purpose) that their developpement is currently discontinued due to a lack > of developers. > > Regarding a possible personalization of the UI of AOO to fit it better for > Kids or users with low needs, here are some thoughts. Please, consider that > it is not a request but only "some thoughts" to enhance the use of profiles > and get again more flexibility to AOO. All this can perfectly be managed > manually. > > Reading the posts of jonathon and Dennis, perhaps a possible way : > > Command : Tools > Options > Appearance > Select UI-Profile ... opens the > Dialogbox "Available UI-Profiles". > > Dialogbox "Available UI-Profiles" > Lists the existing profiles from the "AOO_4.1\User\OpenOffice4\" directory > (Windows example) and allows to activate, delete or export one of them or > allows to add a new one. > Button "Add a new Profile ..." : opens the dialogbox "Add a new Profile" to > add a new Profile to the list. > Button "Activate profile" : > - renames the actual activ profile "user" and restores its original name. > - renames the choosen profile as "user" and stores its original name in a > memory. > - restarts AOO with the choosen profile. > Button "Cancel" to quit. > Button "Delete" : to suppress a selected profile after advertisement ("Do > you really want to suppress the sected profile ?"). > Button "Export" : creates a zip archive of the selected profile in the list > to can save and share it with other users, or send a corrupt profile for > expertise. > Button "Help" : displays an information text about what is a profile and > what is stored in it. It's not so clear for most users (me included). An > opportunity to clarify definitely this question. > > Dialogbox "Add a new UI Profile" > Allows to install a new Profile in the "AOO_4.1\User\OpenOffice4\" > directory > - Button "Browse" near an editing zone to search the new Profile (.zip > file) to install. > - Button "OK" : unzip the choosen .zip file and installs the resultant > directory to the "AOO_4.1\User\OpenOffice4\" directory. Returns to the > dialogbox "Available UI-Profiles" and actualizes the list. > - Button "Cancel" to quit and return to the dialogbox "Available > UI-Profiles" without modifications. > > Possible interests : > - more flexibility with a single product. No reduction of size, but most > computers currently support AOO without any problem. > - adaptable UI in a school context or for users with low needs. > - for advanced users, possibility to create more sophisticated profiles > (integrating sets of special templates or galleries, etc. ) for specific > purposes (i.e. lawyers, translators, specific technical needs), and > shareable with other colleagues. > > Some questions about that : > - Interest or not, from a marketing point of view, for instance? > - Feasability : easy or not easy task ? Cost of ressources acceptable or > not ?Unreachable objectiv ? > - Implementation directly in the AOO code obligatory or possible > installation through an extension "ChangeProfile" ? > - Standard profiles could be created inside the users mailing list, after > discussion, to select the commands to integrate by default in the the > different standard levels. Certainly not a trivial work to select the > commands. After that, an advanced user can always refine the standard > profiles or replace them with its own personal profiles. > > Thank you to have read this piece of bad English up to the end ;-) > > Regards > -- > gw > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
