OpenOffice UI Design Proposals Published 252
An anonymous reader writes "Various members of the OpenOffice.org community have been submitting their first revisions of proposals to the OpenOffice.org Call for Design Proposals to redesign the user interface of Open Office. As part of Project Renaissance, attention is being drawn to the OpenOffice user interface, and it's 'user-friendliness.' Among the designs, is FLUX UI, which won an award at the Sun Microsystems Community Innovation Awards Program. Anyone can, and is encouraged, to check out the proposals (scroll to bottom of page) and leave your comments so that the designers can improve their designs for the final deadline for proposal submissions to the community."
I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out there" (Score:5, Funny)
First, do away with the standard File menu bar. Put the most common actions (Create new file, Save file, Print file, etc) in a big button in the corner. Then create a tabbed menu "strip" separated logically by function. Have something like a Format strip and an Insert strip with all the actions you'd expect included there.
As computers become more touch-panel oriented, bigger buttons will be mandatory. The old File Edit Options Help bar is going to be a millstone.
Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, that's a great idea! But I think we should call the strips "ribbons"...sounds way more sophisticated that way.
Hide all the menus... (Score:5, Funny)
Wiki has a problem... (Score:4, Funny)
Isn't this kind of ironic, Oracle?
The UI is simply gorgeous (Score:5, Funny)
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It's sleek, informative and minimalist. 2-thumbs up, would buy again!
Re:Hide all the menus... (Score:5, Funny)
I was going to mod you up, but then I realized you were joking.
kkdd:q
damn it.
Re:Hide all the menus... (Score:4, Funny)
Next you'll probably want an IBM model M keyboard emulation mode that plays a springy sound every time a key is hit.
Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah I guessed so, because, well, I assumed you couldn't proofread your comment very well.
(ouch ouch! karma burns!)
Re:Hide all the menus... (Score:4, Funny)
Ok | Cancel
Re:Wiki has a problem... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, that's a great idea! But I think we should call the strips "ribbons"...sounds way more sophisticated that way.
Oh come on, no one would be stupid enough to fall for that!
Re:Hide all the menus... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther (Score:2, Funny)
Haha... mercifully I haven't been exposed to Office 2007 so I didn't spot the joke.