Hi; On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Wolfgang Keller <felip...@gmx.net> wrote: >> I'm working on a proposal for building an experimental new LibreOffice >> toolbar / UI in Python: >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:KeithCu > > Err, I would like to point out the fact that trying to emulate MS in any > way is always a B-A-D idea.
I agree that one should never blindly copy anything MS is doing, especially around radical UI changes which can be disruptive. This proposal is a prototype, which could also be relatively quickly changed based on unhappy user feedback. > > Your idea of a "ribbon" turned into a "sidebar" by 90° rotation imho is > nothing else than the revival of the old (pre-Windows) Lotus 1-2-3 menu > system. Pulldown-menus (and dialog boxes) are a far more advanced > concept. Besides the issues with screenspace. > > A concept that could be a *lot* more useful imho would be to allow > tearing off individual (sub-)menus and placing them as floating (or > docked if the user prefers that) "toolboxes" next to the workspace. See > typical graphics software or e.g. RagTime. When I was working in > RagTime (or FrameMaker, but that was more than a decade ago), all I > had on-screen besides the document itself and the pull-down menubar > above were the listboxes with character and paragraph styles and very > few other floating palettes. Hmmm, that sounds interesting. To be honest, I liked the image I picked, but I think that when starting, it makes sense to consider other designs. If it turns out you don't want a "radically different toolbar", then my proposal is a bad idea. Otherwise, you could build a reasonable experiment in a few months. I would be excited to see what you all came up with, perhaps even two designs / modes ;-) Warm regards, -Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
