Re: [libreoffice-design] New Layout Concept

Oh, I see!  Well here are links to it:

http://pledgecomputers.com/LibreOffice/Redesign/Concept.pdf
http://pledgecomputers.com/LibreOffice/Redesign/Concept.odg

Thanks!
Scott R. Pledger



On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:11, RGB ES <rgb.mldc@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/4/20 Scott Pledger <scottpledger2005@gmail.com>:
> > Hi all, this is my first time proposing something to such an important
> Open
> > Source project, so I hope I'm doing this correctly.
> > I've had this idea for a while now and I wanted to see what everyone here
> > thought of it, so here it goes!
> >
> > Its based on two simple premises.  First, I noticed that monitors are
> > getting wider but the documents we type up are still vertically oriented.
> > Secondly, I find floating toolbars to be extremely cumbersome.  So I
> decided
> > I'd try to tackle both of these issues in a simple, easy-to-use manner.
> >  Attached to this email is the concept that I currently have (or at least
> > the beginnings of it).  So, here's my plan:
> >
> >   1. Have a single toolbar at the top that contains actions that can be
> >   used no matter what application you're using.
> >   2. Move any additional toolbars to the right hand side and organize
> them
> >   into groups based on what the user currently has selected.  So let's
> say
> >   you're editing a Writer document and you have some text selected that
> is in
> >   a Table.  You would have 3 primary categories (at the top of the
> right-hand
> >   part of the screen): Document, Table, and Text.  'Document' is always
> >   present and handles document-wide settings.  Table might contain
> >   subcategories of Row, Column, Cell, and Display.  All of these would
> contain
> >   toolbar items to modify aspects of these subcategories.  Text then,
> might
> >   contain Font, Paragraph, and Section as subcategories.  And so on and
> so
> >   forth.  I also had the idea that hovering over a primary category or a
> >   subcategory might emphasize what would be affected in the main document
> area
> >   by shading everything else, but I also know that that would not be a
> >   necessity.  For the purposes of the design, this right-hand area can be
> >   called the context tool panel.
> >   3. Move the menus to the left-hand side, placing them above whatever is
> >   typically the left side of any given LibreOffice application.
> (Impress/Draw
> >   -> Slides, etc.).  Clicking one of these would then cause a panel to be
> >   displayed categorizing items in the same manner as the context tool
> panel
> >   which would contain the different actions the user can take.
> >   4. Possibly: Allow for LibreOffice to run everything from a single
> window
> >   by having a tab row at the top of the screen.  (I'm still not sold on
> this
> >   idea, so let me know what you think.)
> >
> > When it came to actually designing this new layout, I tried to pull from
> the
> > current LibreOffice icons as much as possible, mainly because I think
> they
> > are absolutely awesome!
> >
> > Also, I do want to be forthcoming - I'm no UX or Design professional.
>  I'm a
> > Computer Science major in the US, but I think that this kind of layout
> can
> > not only give LibreOffice one of the most unique and (in my mind) usable
> > User Interfaces on the planet, but I also think that it can help
> LibreOffice
> > to be the very best office suite on the planet.  Also, let me know if
> this
> > was the wrong place to post - like I said, I'm new to this particular
> > project!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Scott Pledger
>
> This mailing list do not allow attachments, so if you sent one we
> cannot see it ;)
> The concept you present is quite similar to calligra suite interface:
> http://www.calligra-suite.org/
> which, I agree, has very good concepts and a great potential.
>
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