[libreoffice-design] File viewer whiteboard

2012-06-12 Thread Mirek M.
I know that it's long, long overdue, but I finally took the time to do a tentative design for the file viewer. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/File_Viewer#Tentative_Design The background is black to put the focus on the content (as is common for full-screen viewers). The

Re: [libreoffice-design] Design ethos

2012-06-12 Thread Björn Balazs
Hi all, thanks for picking up this really important discussion. Christoph I think the examples you gave are really great. I think we really should ask ourselves: What is the problem? What do we want to reach? instead of generally argueing for or against the suggested (and obviously proven)

[libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Alexander Wilms
Hi everyone, would anyone object against Cedric including this as new default (empty) template: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Avantgarde.ott Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Stefan Knorr (Astron)
Hi Alex, Overall: great. I like the coloured accent very much. There are a couple things, though: #1 Would you mind removing the small-caps from the headlines? These aren't font-provided small caps, but forced ones whose proportions differ from what a typographer would provide with a font (i.

Re: [libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hi Sorry to jump in so late, I am a bit scared if I undestand this template as all my new documents will be based on this template. First, the choice of fonts and colors are a matter of taste, which is an endless debate... Second, - I have not tested - LO may warn me that my legacy documents

Re: [libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Stefan Knorr (Astron)
Hi Olivier, First, the choice of fonts and colors are a matter of taste, which is an endless debate... Sure, yet... staying with Arial and TNR, aping Office 2000 is not really an option either, though. Second, - I have not tested -  LO may warn me that my legacy documents have new default

Re: [libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hi 2012/6/12 Niklas Johansson sleeping.pil...@gmail.com Stefan Knorr (Astron) skrev 2012-06-12 20:19: Hi Olivier, First, the choice of fonts and colors are a matter of taste, which is an endless debate... Sure, yet... staying with Arial and TNR, aping Office 2000 is not really an

Re: [libreoffice-design] Are you okay with those new default styles?

2012-06-12 Thread Greg
Hi everyone, would anyone object against Cedric including this as new default (empty) template: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Avantgarde.ott Alex Hi, I object to the use of serif fonts for default. It's the first thing I change. Is it an American obsession? in