P.S. I just noticed that you sent this to the marketing list - please send a link to the UX list too as there is interest in this idea over there as well!
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Ivan M <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ben, all, > > I always get excited when there's discussion about a dashboard :P > > Ben, thank you for sharing your design with us! Having the dashboard > in HTML is a great idea: just change the CSS and you can get a > completely different layout. Plus, the use of HTML and JS could work > really well for attracting a broad range of contributors/developers, > as you mentioned. There would probably be a lot of XML involved too > (e.g. recent file lists). There would also probably be security > considerations with JS that might complicate the implementation of > this idea - but the potential is huge. > > Here's a thought that got me thinking about your proposal: it might > seem odd to users that they would be able to customize the dashboard > so heavily, but not the rest of OOo (and I've seen many suggestions by > users saying that OOo should be skinnable). Although this matter is > well beyond the scope of the dashboard (and I think that a > customizable dashboard is a wonderful idea), it does make me wonder - > what if OOo (or at least, some parts of it) could be skinned with CSS > (a crazy idea, I know...)? > > I'll add some more comments on your proposal later - I'm short on time > these days, but with a juicy topic (and a juicy mockup) like this I > just couldn't resist :) > > Regards, > Ivan. > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Le 03.06.2009 03:57, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been working on the Dashboard concept some more and have the >>> following semi-functional mockup to share. This would appear in the >>> OOo application window where the start center now appears. >>> >>> http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php >> >> It looks very interesting. I suggest to add direct access to some help >> documentation such as FAQ, wiki, "getting started in 3 pages" for each >> module (perhaps 3 pages is to long) and complete guide if available. >> >> Another point : recent documents should show full names, in order to not >> have to use mouse to get tooltip with the full filename. >> >> Regards >> JBF >> >> -- >> Seuls des formats ouverts peuvent assurer la pérennité de vos documents. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
