Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New design

Not everyone is using widescreen monitors.

I know many users that have not bought a new monitor to replace their 
old 4:3 CRT monitors.

SO if you have the style "dedicated" to be used with widescreen, then 
you make it an issue for those who do not use the new monitors.

For myself, I do not open LO full screen.  I have other packages on my 
screen that I need to keep visible most of the time.  So having "stuff" 
on a side panel might not work the best for me with the documents view 
of 100%.  Saying you are making the layout "best viewed on a 16:9 
monitor" is like creating the default windows to need a larger 
resolution than what the user can use.  Or, like saying that every users 
must use it in 2-page viewing mode.  IT should not be that way.

If there is a side panel, then it needs to be small enough to not take 
up too much space for 4:3 CRT monitor users.  I just sent out a 
"loan-out" computer that has a 17" CRT monitor.  Se will use it for a 
few months before she can buy a new system.  I do not want to tell her 
she has to have a widescreen monitor to use LO, like she is now using 
from this computer I have loaned to her.

As for moving the menu placement around, well we are all use to where 
they are and would have to relearn their new locations.  It could be an 
issue for users switching between versions.

On 11/28/2011 11:54 AM, Pedro wrote:
> I think Citrus looks like a change in the right direction!
>
> It keeps the menus on the top (thus not breaking with the past) but adding
> all buttons to the sides making better use of wide screen monitors. This
> design also solves the problem of where to put new toolbars: they should
> always appear on the sides (like in Gimp).
>
> This is not comparable to the stupid Ribbon, where MS decided which buttons
> the users use most and hid all others. In addition the Ribbon was so wide
> that it took a large vertical space... If you never used this design failure
> named Office 2010 in a netbook, then you should, just for fun lesson of what
> not-to-do :)
>
> In my opinion even the Default toolbar should move to the Right (and move
> less used toolbars to the Left) where there is less travelling distance with
> the cursor.
>
> I hope this is added ASAP!
>
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