Re: [libreoffice-design] Concept - Vertical Toolbar Only - Version 2

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 4:50 PM Tim-L--Elmira-NY <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
wrote:

> I know that I am not on the design teem, but I have to say that vertical
> toolbars are not my "thing". I have dealt with some packages that use
> vertical ones and did not like them either.  If we want to make Writer
> an option instead of MS Word, then people who are use to tool bars on
> the top and bottom of the active window is what they know how to use.
> Hopefully, if you would have the option to use either vertical or
> horizontal ones.

The default horizontal toolbar is not going anywhere. All other layouts are
alternatives, which exist or like my mock-up could exist.

I would be interested to know what you dislike about the vertical layout
(if you can tell, not liking them and not knowing why is okay). The idea
behind this mock-up is to focus on the sheet – the content – and have the
control-widgets (toolbars) blend out by using a dark theme. An upside of
vertical toolbars is that the page can be displayed almost completely.

On non-ubuntu systems there would be a menu-bar above the sheet, which
should not be forgotten. Designing an office UI is not easy, because the UI
needs a lot of widgets/buttons to provide even basic functionality. Also
there are a lot of different user-groups that use an office suite, that
must be considered, too. Last but not least the UI should be elegant,
somewhat minimalistic and clean.

Greetings
Thibaut

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