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

2011/5/18 Phil Jackson <sapient@clear.net.nz>:
> 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 functional, hide all others.
>
> This could apply to Writer and Calc so that a user could indicate Power user
> for Writer but Moderate for Calc.
>
> This would require that all toolbars have a ranking as well as all pull-down
> menu options and icons. e.g. 4 = Power User, 3=Professional User
>
> If a person indicates 3 then only 4's are hidden, if they indicate 2 then
> 3's and 4's are hidden. A user can in time change their ranking to see what
> is available.
>
> I've added this suggestion to Design/WhitePaper/InterfaceImprovements which
> can be accessed from Design/Whiteboards in the Document Foundation.

This is what OOo4kids is trying: http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
But I'm not sure... mainly because a user that starts on the lowest
level most probably will not change. There is no easy answer for the
problem "basic vs. advanced users" unless you build two completely
different apps... or redesign the use of templates:
https://sites.google.com/site/rgbmldcwriterideas/home/wizard-trap


Bernhard Dippold
> My idea goes the other way round: People interested in downloading should
> not be handled as part of a certain group (early adopters, home users, corporate users),
> but everybody should find his/her own position in the graphic and pick the version next to this 
> position.
>
>
> >    Anybody here who would be willing to design such a thing? ;-)
>
>
> It's not at all a final design - not even a mockup.
>
> It's just a visual brainstorming:
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Adapt-o-meter.png

A big +1!!!

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