Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New design

Some other programs a few years back introduced the idea of "skins".  If 
we're going to experiment with new user interfaces (and I expect LO will 
have to), I think the "skins" concept would be most appropriate.  If 
necessary, re-engineer the underlying commands so that they are not 
dependent on the hierarchy of a particular type of user interface.  Then 
let the current UI become one skin, Pedro's ideas become another, etc.

Each concept mentioned in this thread has merits that different groups 
of users would prefer.  Skins would allow LO to cater to all those markets.

For instance, Webmaster's comments about OOo's classic design becoming a 
selling point when MS moved to ribbons was correct.  But now, the Ribbon 
concept is wide-spread enough that LO could use a skin that mimics it.  
There is a growing crowd of potential users now for whom the Ribbon is 
their default, and a "Ribbon" skin would help LO appeal to them without 
alienating the rest of us.

-- Tim
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On 11/28/2011 7:43 PM, Pedro wrote:
> Udvarias Ur wrote
> > if a new UI is introduced that is significantly different
> > from the classic one, it MUST be possible change back and forth.
> Agree completely. I think that not including such an option is shooting
> yourself in the foot.
>
>
> Udvarias Ur wrote
> > Neither do I agree with Pedro. He may have a wide screen monitor,
> > however, the install base of old fashioned CRTs is huge. I'd even hazard
> > a guess that if everyone in the world who currently has a CRT monitor
> > was to switch to a wide screen (cost and availability aside) the old
> > CRTs would make a pile tall enough that any self respecting mountaineer
> > would be eager to tackle. (Classic case of Jungian projection.)
> I am well aware that most users don't have a wide screen monitor. But even
> for those, this interface is better. Instead of having a top menu bar where
> toolbars are added/removed making your text jump up and down, with this UI
> your text doesn't move. Only the toolbars discretely change the button faces
> (like in Gimp)
>
> BTW I always prefer a good old CRT to a cheap LCD/LED ;)
>
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