On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 08:43 +0000, Sveinn í Felli wrote: > Þann fös 15.okt 2010 08:29, skrifaði Jean Hollis Weber: > > On Fri, 2010-10-15, David Nelson wrote: > > > >> > >> IMHO, LibO needs something that is quite new and a bold departure... > > > > Please keep in mind that a lot of people do not want the user interface > > to change too much. One reason they love OOo is that its UI is like the > > older versions of MSO (2003 and before). I get mail all the time from > > people saying "please tell me they're not going to change OOo too much!" > > > > Well, maybe if OOo doesn't change, and LibO does, that's okay. Something > > for everyone: the oldsters and the youngsters.<grin> > > > > Why not have such things user configurable (skins?/themes?). > then one could choose "Classic OOo interface", "Interactive > Ribbon* interface", "Widescreen Sidebars interface", > "Minimalistic Netbook interface" etc. > > If done correctly it should not bloat the software too much. > > *Ribbon is maybe trademarked ?
I remember when I got my first Windows XP computer (before I switched to Linux). I was so relieved when I learned that I could change it from the "new" UI to the "classic" one. Several programs (WinZip is one) had/have that feature too. That's ideal if one can do it. And regarding widescreen: on my netbook, a lot of programs have at least some dialog boxes that are too tall to fit on the screen, leaving the OK/Cancel buttons (and sometimes other fields) unreachable. I don't recall if OOo has any, but that's a major usability problem to look out for. --Jean -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to [email protected] All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
