2007/7/30, James Greenidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yvan Barthélemy wrote: > > The title of the contest might be : > > "Design the best interface mockup ever for Aqua version of > > OpenOffice.org" > > Gee, I really don't understand what they're asking. If they're asking > what would best impress a newbie to "Switch" or try out Mac OOo, I think > a straightforward approach always beats glitz and B.S.: > > 1. Match or surpass looks/function features of the standard bearer, MS > Office/Word. > > 2. Match or surpass looks/function of iWorks/AppleWorks.
These goals are really ambitious... Great idea IMHO ! But how to know that the goal are reached ? (I assume 'they' is 'I' currently). But it is not only a matter of look and function, it is rather a matter of being able to access existing function in an efficient way. It is good to have a somebody joining, it is better to keep him interested in the long term. No need to reinvent the wheel. I think obliging those two prerequisites > would draw interest very well. Now, if you're talking about doing some > new whiz-bang distinctive GUI thing for Mac OOo. I am definitely not, since it won't improve usability and integration nothing more. I might suggest taking a time tunnel look at Kaleidoscope in OS-9. Imagine > tailor-making -- > personalizing -- the Mac OOo interface like that, where you can even > shift menus and tabs around and create custom icons for them as well. > Mac ego aside, I DON'T think Mac OOo should be restrained by PC OOo's > 'requirements' in form or function. I agree ! Like who's restraining who here? > It's like PC OOo having its cake and eating it too at the expense of > degradging the Mac's inherent capabilities in Mac OOo to me. > > Just my humble opinion. Still beta bugging pre-Alpha. Very interesting to me, though ! James Greenidge Regards, Yvan
