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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Risto Jääskeläinen <rj...@saunalahti.fi> on 2012/09/27 15:25:39 UTC
Brainstorming: genuine new features to UI
Hello!
I send some tips to brainstorming page but some ideas are a bit difficult to explain. So I show some videos and link to extension.
First of all UI of Apache OpenOffice has quite few genuine new or original features. This is OK when users of some other suite like to get familiar with OpenOffice. But there is now way to be the leader of field. One possibility is such a new features which are working without hindering old fashion way of doing things.
Retro extension is kind of back button for long text documents. Normally you click a button but if you have pain in wrist it is not so easy. So if button (or menus too) can be used also clickless there is possibility for more ergonomic way of working.
My programming skills are not good enough to embed clickless browser in scroll bar of window but I think it may be best place for it.
Here is some short videos
(HTML5)
http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retroa2.webm
(SWF)
http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retro1.swf
And here is extension for Writer:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Retro
I hope nobody feel wasting his/hers time with this brainstormings.
Risto
Re: Brainstorming: genuine new features to UI
Posted by Kevin Grignon <ke...@gmail.com>.
Agreed. Thanks for sharing.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Jürgen Schmidt <jo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 9/27/12 3:25 PM, Risto Jääskeläinen wrote:
> > Hello!
> > I send some tips to brainstorming page but some ideas are a bit
> > difficult to explain. So I show some videos and link to extension.
> >
> > First of all UI of Apache OpenOffice has quite few genuine new or
> > original features. This is OK when users of some other suite like to get
> > familiar with OpenOffice. But there is now way to be the leader of
> > field. One possibility is such a new features which are working without
> > hindering old fashion way of doing things.
> >
> > Retro extension is kind of back button for long text documents.
> > Normally you click a button but if you have pain in wrist it is not so
> > easy. So if button (or menus too) can be used also clickless there is
> > possibility for more ergonomic way of working.
> >
> > My programming skills are not good enough to embed clickless browser in
> > scroll bar of window but I think it may be best place for it.
> >
> > Here is some short videos
> > (HTML5)
> > http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retroa2.webm
> > (SWF)
> > http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retro1.swf
> >
> > And here is extension for Writer:
> > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Retro
> >
> > I hope nobody feel wasting his/hers time with this brainstormings.
>
> of course not, I think we are interested in as many as possible ideas
> how we can improve things and how to make things easier. So please don't
> hesitate to share any kind of ideas with us.
>
> Juergen
>
Re: Brainstorming: genuine new features to UI
Posted by Jürgen Schmidt <jo...@gmail.com>.
On 9/27/12 3:25 PM, Risto Jääskeläinen wrote:
> Hello!
> I send some tips to brainstorming page but some ideas are a bit
> difficult to explain. So I show some videos and link to extension.
>
> First of all UI of Apache OpenOffice has quite few genuine new or
> original features. This is OK when users of some other suite like to get
> familiar with OpenOffice. But there is now way to be the leader of
> field. One possibility is such a new features which are working without
> hindering old fashion way of doing things.
>
> Retro extension is kind of back button for long text documents.
> Normally you click a button but if you have pain in wrist it is not so
> easy. So if button (or menus too) can be used also clickless there is
> possibility for more ergonomic way of working.
>
> My programming skills are not good enough to embed clickless browser in
> scroll bar of window but I think it may be best place for it.
>
> Here is some short videos
> (HTML5)
> http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retroa2.webm
> (SWF)
> http://www.saunalahti.fi/rjaaskel/Kuvat/Retro1.swf
>
> And here is extension for Writer:
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Retro
>
> I hope nobody feel wasting his/hers time with this brainstormings.
of course not, I think we are interested in as many as possible ideas
how we can improve things and how to make things easier. So please don't
hesitate to share any kind of ideas with us.
Juergen