On 06/01/2012 05:15 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 05/29/2012 06:41 AM, Dwayne Henderson wrote: >> I like what I'm hearing, thanks Tony and Kevin! >> >> I say we start by: >> >> 1. Removing the majority of details from our icons, making them monochrome >> and perhaps slightly reshaping some of them (I could do this if noone else >> wants to) >> >> 2. Removing the gradients, replacing them with light shades of grey and >> blue (with subtle slightly darker outlines when it's necessary to separate >> things) >> >> 3. Reducing the two icon / dropdown bars to just one >> 3.1. Making Calc track which icons / dropdowns are most popular so we know >> which ones to display (and so we can base our UI on our own data and not >> just blindly copy Google's) > > Right... and of course all of that will comply with: > <http://www.openoffice.org/ui/accessibility/> > > These might be of further interest: > <http://www.google.com/google-d-s/accessibility/documents.html> > <http://accessibility.psu.edu/googledocs> > > I suggest if you folks wish to do this, that you implement as a 'theme' > that the user can choose to use if they wish. If you intend to make it > the default, then I reckon that you'll have considerable issues (user > drain being one of them). > > Gary
Sorry, forgot to add that you guys can also revisit the reaction to the 'ribbon' interface as well: <http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/1FC9404025D474E8CC25760F0001674E> [Open-source users revolt over OpenOffice ribbon UI] <https://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/openoffice-users-just-say-no-to-a-microsoft-like-ribbon-interface/3649> [OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface] You can of course use your favorite search engine to find more... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
