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LibreOffice UI Mockups (with sidebar)
40hz:
Looks good.
Have to say I like it. :)
Nice to see they're obviously thinking "wide screen" monitor layout - as opposed to Ubuntu who seems to be fixated on stripping down and jamming themselves into "tablet" and "netbook" layouts. Especially with that "new direction" they've unilaterally announced for their future desktop.
fenixproductions:
I wonder what all that "drop UIs users are used to" stuff is about. There are several good reasons that the current UI has been consistent for so long...
-Tuxman (January 18, 2011, 12:46 PM)
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Sometimes I am just thinking the answer is "We can't make it good so will make it looking nice" but it may be too unfair.
Tuxman:
Yeh, "looking nice" FAIL @ most of the "modern approaches"...
40hz:
But still, there's nothing to say something that works well can't also look good. I'm a real bug about interfaces. If it's something I'm going to staring at for several hours at a pop, it could at least look pretty AFAIC.
However, I am in complete agreement with fenixproductions on the subject of what their dev priorities should be. I'd be a lot happier (as would potential business customers) if they could focus on stability, product 'completeness,' and doing something about load and switch speeds first. Perhaps they want to establish a highly visible distinction between Libre and Oo as a marketing move. Which is fine so long as the other more important issues don't get back-burnered while their team futzes with the 'fun' stuff.
Just my 2 anyway.
:)
daddydave:
Eww, the first screenshots remind me of Quicktime Player. I hope that is a mockup for the Mac version.
UPDATED: or Linux version. Although in that case, I'm sure there would be a "Windows look" theme.
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