Re: [libreoffice-design] The future of design suggestions

2011-07-07 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Bernhard Let's go with your proposal about moving it out of your user page - we need to do something quickly before we lose interest from any the contributors. Cheers Phil Jackso On 7/8/2011 9:32 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Mirek, all Mirek M. schrieb: Hi Bernhard, 2011/7/5

Re: [libreoffice-design] Survey - Current Issues

2011-06-19 Thread Phil Jackson
as to purpose, respects my time by not making me do unnecessary things. 3.) What would you like to see LibreOffice become? The most usable suite with true high productivity that is responsive to its users and evolves by a Kaizen philosophy. Cheers Phil Jackson

Re: [libreoffice-design] Formalized team work structures

2011-06-15 Thread Phil Jackson
then be linked back to the Main whiteboard page for the design team. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/15/2011 6:42 PM, Phil Howard wrote: Bernard, All, An initial draft of a wiki page prototype for new ideas is here: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/IdeaWorkflow It's just

Re: [libreoffice-design] CI Wrapper for Help videos

2011-06-15 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Shawn I've seen your new CIWrapper page - looks fine. The first step in creating a repository is now complete. Best wishes on your project and I look forward to view some of the samples soon. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/16/2011 3:30 AM, Shawn Beasley wrote: Hi $_, I have added more

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: User Research

2011-06-15 Thread Phil Jackson
like a citizens' referendum. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/16/2011 1:26 PM, drorlev wrote: Hi Phil, What you suggest (a built-in list of proposed changes to choose from) seems very interesting to me. Personally, as a user, I would have liked it a lot. Still, one thing that bugs me

Re: [libreoffice-design] Tabbed Documents

2011-06-11 Thread Phil Jackson
, then the user can choose what style they want and when someone can individualise a system like this, they feel in control and more likely to want to use it and recommend it to others. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/12/2011 8:12 AM, Patrick Scott wrote: Hi all, So I spent the afternoon exploring what

Re: [libreoffice-design] Hi there!

2011-06-11 Thread Phil Jackson
a road network to follow to get the correct destination. Cheers Phil On 6/11/2011 1:21 PM, Sabin Densmore wrote: See my notes below, and thanks for the welcome. On 6/10/2011 5:59 PM, Phil Jackson wrote: Hi Sabin We're at a stage where we are getting a lot of good ideas but needing

Re: [libreoffice-design] Tabbed Documents

2011-06-10 Thread Phil Jackson
screens this would be very useful occasionally and again something that would give it another point of difference. This idea could be used for Calc. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/11/2011 8:55 AM, Patrick Scott wrote: Hi all. What do people think about tabbed documents a la Lotus Symphony. I wouldn't

Re: [libreoffice-design] New Design and experience

2011-06-07 Thread Phil Jackson
Hi Sonic That's fine! - so long as it is easy enough to view. Just let us know when it is ready. cheers Phil Jackson On 6/8/2011 11:26 AM, Sonic Spuds wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Phil Jacksonsapi...@clear.net.nz wrote: Hi Christian Can you do a mock-up of this and give us

Re: [libreoffice-design] Flying the ship... [please everybody, post a short reply]

2011-06-05 Thread Phil Jackson
the structure works and what tweaks are required. Cheers Phil Jackson On 6/5/2011 9:06 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Vamsi, Phil, all sorry for this short reply (and top-posting), but I'm still more than busy with the discussion on how our larger community will evolve after

Re: [libreoffice-design] CI Design Wrapper for Videos

2011-05-27 Thread Phil Jackson
it very convenient. That would give it a competitive advantage over other products. This idea has many legs! There could be a role to coordinate a sub-team of design members working together on this. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/27/2011 9:07 PM, Shawn Beasley wrote: Dear Design Team, Hi

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-design] Ribbons and Background Color UX

2011-05-26 Thread Phil Jackson
or structures in place. The sooner we do something that formalises it, the sooner we can make the steps to make LibreOffice a very usable system. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/27/2011 9:44 AM, jlopez777 wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Phil Jacksonsapi...@clear.net.nz wrote: Hi Scott You're right

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-design] Ribbons and Background Color UX

2011-05-26 Thread Phil Jackson
structured to make some progress. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/27/2011 9:44 AM, jlopez777 wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Phil Jacksonsapi...@clear.net.nz wrote: Hi Scott You're right on target about the ineffective vertical space that MS allows for and I like some of your sample screens

Re: [libreoffice-design] Flying the ship... [please everybody, post a short reply]

2011-05-25 Thread Phil Jackson
it into a Phd. It makes it transparent for all. I know that some of these things are already done, but using a system will make it more likely that progress is seen to be made on some very interesting and beneficial ideas. What does everybody think? Cheers Phil Jackson -- Unsubscribe instructions

Re: [libreoffice-design] Ribbons and Background Color UX

2011-05-24 Thread Phil Jackson
that if you don't do what they do, then you are probably heading in the right direction. Cheers Phil Jackson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-design] Question about stages of Design changes to Implementation

2011-05-19 Thread Phil Jackson
and designers and I might be able to help in this area having experience of both design and programming. Cheers Phil Jackson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

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

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/19/2011 12:21 AM, Jan Holesovsky wrote: 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

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

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
. It's almost like an application which is allowing for pre-formatted input. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/19/2011 10:04 AM, RGB ES wrote: 2011/5/18 Phil Jacksonsapi...@clear.net.nz: Hi Kendy This type of idea could be extended to apply to the installation process. i.e. Power Users - want all

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

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
they need it. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/19/2011 11:25 AM, 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

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

2011-05-18 Thread Phil Jackson
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 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

Re: [libreoffice-design] First Post - members particularly interested in Usability

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Jackson
and pass it to you. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/16/2011 7:58 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi Phil. When I click on a picture in LO a little square with an anchor shows up to show the anchor point. If you are fairly sure that the pictures will not be required to stay with text that may move over page

Re: [libreoffice-design] First Post - members particularly interested in Usability

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Jackson
to apply the technique to other icons. Cheers Phil Jackson -- 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 messages sent to this list

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

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Jackson
] Simplifying the Screen Various members of the Design Team can then quickly identify topics of interest to them without having to read the email which I guess is your goal. It will also allow us to search on specific types of emails retrospectively if the need should arise. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5

Re: [libreoffice-design] First Post - members particularly interested in Usability

2011-05-15 Thread Phil Jackson
isn't going to upset the location of other pictures. It should be possible to drag picture between grid cells also. This could be an alternative method for users who know precisely what they want to achieve. Cheers Phil Jackson On 5/16/2011 11:14 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-16 10:07