[libreoffice-design] Column and Row headers in Calc look dated, suggestions?

Hi everyone,

The Column and Row headers in any Calc spreadsheet look very “Windows
Vista”: they have a prominent faux bevel/reflection, which does not
fit with our mostly flat UI. Compare LibreOffice headers versus Office
2013 headers (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=74552 and
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=74551).

I’m not suggesting that we should copy Office 2013’s style, but the
trend everywhere (Apple doesn’t count) is to go flat, concise,
minimal, beautiful.

As a quick fix, we could at least revert to the OpenOffice.org 2.0’s
simpler headers
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0.2_Calc_Windows.png)
– these may be older, but look much better fitting in Calc.

Should we start a whiteboard for mockups? What do you think? I’ve
reported this as a bug
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61718)

--
Adolfo

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