Re: [libreoffice-design] Getting involved

How does one know which Icons are missing / not implemented yet? /Oskar


2013/6/30 Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com>

> Hi Peter and welcome to the team :) ,
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:31 PM, PACraddock <peter@arpia.be> wrote:
>
> > Dear design team members,
> >
> > I gather from the various posts in the mailing list that there is some
> > discussion regarding the challenges of creating a new UI and so on.
> > However,
> > I'm not entirely clear on what is currently being worked on and what is
> > merely in the planning stage.
> > As design (mostly web) is a hobby of mine, I thought I'd check on how I
> can
> > get involved. You can view some examples of my 'design work' on my
> website,
> > www.arpia.be - let me know whether/how I can contribute (while I like to
> > code, I have never tackled C++, Java or Python, so I'd likely be limited
> to
> > pure design and not actual implementation).
>
> We're a volunteer-run team, so if there's something you'd really like to
> work on, don't hesitate and post about it.
>
> If you need ideas on what to work on:
> * You could take care of the project to produce a refreshed version of the
> default icon set. The person who was working on this left. The project is
> on https://github.com/libodesign/tango-testing . I was thinking the first
> step could be finishing up the shape icons, as those are relatively simple
> to make. If you'd like to work on this, write back and I'll give you the
> details and add you to the repository.
> * You could make a whiteboard for Writer-only options similar to our Global
> options one [1]. This task involves simply listing the options and what
> they do -- basically a copy and paste job from the online help pages [2].
> We'll use it to determine which options are needed and which are not, and
> after we analyze all the options, we'll work on redesigning the Options
> dialog.
> * You can add a proposal to one of the whiteboards under "Call for
> proposals" at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards. We
> then look at all the proposals and talk about what would work best.
>
> Any progress is appreciated, you don't have to do the whole thing, we're
> willing to help. :)
>
> If you decide you want to take a look at the code, check out Easy Hacks:
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks
>
>
> > I also saw you hold IRC meetings, so I'm subscribing to the mailing list
> to
> > see when the next one is planned.
>
> We hold one weekly. See
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetingsfor details.
>
> If the time doesn't suit you, we can discuss moving it to another time.
>
> > All the best,
> >
> > Peter
>
> [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Analyses/Global_Options
> [2] In this case
> https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Text_Document_Optionsand
> https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/HTML_Document_Options
>
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