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Libre Office has design guidelines and you should stick to following those
ones instead of basing your contributions in design guidelines from other
software.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Roland Spitzlinger <r.spitzlinger@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi Samuel,

I love to get my hands dirty. Just give me some time and I’ll send you
some mockups. Obviously I believe the numbers sidebar is really well
crafted, meaning, I will base my work on that. If that's too close to the
apple UI, please let me know.
Apart from that I tend to follow the excellent elementary HIG.

Best wishes,
Roland

Am 04.12.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt <Samuel.Mehrbrodt@cib.de>:

Hi Roland,

thanks for the screenshots.
Is there a chance you could get your hands dirty and try to improve the
sidebar in calc yourself? We could lend you a hand if you like.

Or do you have specific suggestions, what should be improved? If you do
not plan to work on things yourself, it would most likely be picked up by
someone if you break your suggestions down into small, concrete enhancement
suggestions filed in bugzilla.

Thanks a lot
Samuel
________________________________________
Von: Roland Spitzlinger <r.spitzlinger@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. November 2015 16:05
An: Samuel Mehrbrodt
Cc: design@global.libreoffice.org
Betreff: Re: [libreoffice-design] libre office vs numbers

Hi Samuel,

thanx for your reply.
I put the screenshots in the following folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5CZFCSGix1ebmx2VlRSZWZkLXM&usp=sharing

Please also note the links to the individual screenshots below.

best wishes,
roland

Am 26.11.2015 um 15:46 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt <Samuel.Mehrbrodt@cib.de
:

Hi Roland,

many thanks for your suggestions, they are good points.

Unfortunately this mailing list has stripped off your attachments -
could you please upload them somewhere else and post links to them?

Thanks
Samuel
________________________________________
Von: Roland Spitzlinger <r.spitzlinger@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. November 2015 23:37
An: design@global.libreoffice.org
Betreff: [libreoffice-design] libre office vs numbers

hello everyone,

first of all thanx for your great effort!
I have been using libre office for many years and it has improved a lot
since then.

I have been working on user interfaces in the past and I just thought
you might appreciate a few thoughts that could potentially help improve the
libre office UI. In fact, I have done a little comparison of libre office
calc and numbers (osx). Based on that, here are a few suggestions:

divide options into managable groups. do not show all options at the
same time.
instead organize them in sections
work with tabs
avoid strong color contrasts. the human eye isn’t made for it.
avoid black on white background, use grey shades instead (dark grey on
light grey is highly recommended)
avoid bold text in strong colors such as black and red
avoid colors in general, unless used to highlight something. this helps
the user to focus on the important matters.
only use colors to highlight the current state of a text/cell (e.g. the
checkbox „Tausendertrennzeichen“ should be in color if it is active for the
marked cell, otherwise it should be grey)
do use colors for color options, obviously.
combine related buttons in groups (see e.g. the button group
„Ausrichtung“) this way the UI is less clustered and easier to comprehend.
hide unnecessary design elements. as we all know, good design is as
little design as possible.
only show indicators when they are actually needed (see the two
screenshots with color option below)
avoid additional external formating menus with ever more options.
instead work with tabs and control buttons within the sidebar framework
(see last screenshot below)
avoid scrollbars
if they seem necessary, then this is a sign that there is already too
much information
if a scrollbar is needed, hide it until the user actually starts
scrolling

hope this is of any help. If you have any questions go ahaid.

In any case, thanx again for your effort!

best wishes,
roland


comparison of formating panels:
numbers vs. libre office

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eMkNnNV9qMUtEcW8



While libre office shows all options in one place, numbers breakes them
down into logical and more comprenhensible sections.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eczNSSk8yUFRfeUk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eR0Fyck9IZTFPS1U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eWG9OUUpnRkNWbnM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eWTB2OGtMUi1ZQ28



color option:
mouse over color option:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1ebnU4M05CZDI5c1E

additional options:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eUnRyM3R5Z0ZYZ0E


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