Re: [libreoffice-design] [UX] - Big Picture [was: LibreOffice Toolbar Usability Interface ...]

2011-05-18 Thread Irmhild Rogalla
Hi Bernhard, Jared, * I want to add some thoughts from a expert users and also users support perspective: Am 17.05.2011 15:38, schrieb Bernhard Dippold: Hi Jared, all, one of the mails still marked as to-be-replied-to, but never found the time - sorry! Jared Meidal schrieb: Because I like

[libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Jan Holesovsky
Hi, For the marketing of 3.4.0, and to visually stress the meaning of http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/05/13/announcing-a-new-beta-release/ we would need a design of an 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page, a kind of 'meter' that shows for which group is the version ideal: early

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2011-05-18 Thread mahmudul islam tapu
i want to join design team.i am interested to: User experience User support and training -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ All

Re: [libreoffice-design] UX collaboration

2011-05-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Gustavo, all, welcome to our team! Gustavo Gawryszewski schrieb: Hello, My name is Gustavo Gawryszewski, I'm the founder of Tactio Interaction Design, which is a brazilian interaction design and usability consultancy and local leader of the IxDA Rio de Janeiro chapter. With such a

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Kendy This type of idea could be extended to apply to the installation process. i.e. Power Users - want all options turned on and showing Professional Users - most options turned on and showing Moderate Users - reduced set of options turned on and showing Basic User - minimum set to be

Re: [libreoffice-design] Interest in UX

2011-05-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Mahmadul, (CC'ing you because I had to moderate your mail to the list) mahmudul islam tapu schrieb: i want to join design team.i am interested to: User experience User support and training While User support and training is not the direct focus of our team (you might join the marketing

Re: [libreoffice-design] designing a logo for the LibreOffice conference

2011-05-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Tobias, all I'm sorry to be way back with my mails (still about 150 to be read). Thanks for your proposals! I'll comment on them during the next days. Best regards Bernhard Tobias Bernard schrieb: here's my proposal for a conference logo.

Re: [libreoffice-design] Adding [UX] and [VI] tags to mail subjects?

2011-05-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Jaron, * Jaron Kuppers schrieb: Hi everyone, Great idea! I prefer to use shorter tags such as [UX] and [VI] as opposed to full words. Otherwise the subject of the email may get cut off, especially since all our emails are automatically tagged with the list at the beginning ex:

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Bernhard It's good to see similar ideas in operation/development with OOo4kids. Being a programmer myself, I know it shouldn't be too difficult to build menus and tool bars that have an additional User-Ranking tag. When Toolbars and menus are displayed, it should also not be too difficult

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-05-19 11:02, Phil Jackson wrote: Hi Bernhard It's good to see similar ideas in operation/development with OOo4kids. Being a programmer myself, I know it shouldn't be too difficult to build menus and tool bars that have an additional User-Ranking tag. When Toolbars and menus are

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Steve The mode that someone is in could be shown in the title bar after the document title and -LibreOffice such as; Untitled 1- LibreOffice Writer - Basic Mode (See Options menu to change) This informs the user what mode they are in and also tells them that it can be changed). Also

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread planas
On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 11:25 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-19 11:02, Phil Jackson wrote: Hi Bernhard It's good to see similar ideas in operation/development with OOo4kids. Being a programmer myself, I know it shouldn't be too difficult to build menus and tool bars that have

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. This could work. The smart marked text handling is similar to CAD software where contextual button selections are frequently used. Often the contextual button panel can be docked so that they are always in a fixed place for the user. steve On 2011-05-19 11:54, Phil Jackson wrote: Hi Steve

Re: [libreoffice-design] 'adopt-o-meter' for the download page

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Steve I believe this could be major usability improvement - it should be done as an option but I would use it all the time as in addition to simplifying the screen would also save a few seconds each time you used it from having to move the mouse to the right area to activate something.