Andre, Thanks for the great work! I search out the original sidebar post on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO/posts/395424523873910 And the result till now shows that B1 and B3 are more favorite, and A1 is following.
Here is what I counted out (some people voted for multiple options. And if some one just say "I like 3", I will +1 for A3, B3 and C3): A1: 4 A2: 1 A3: 2 B1: 5 B2: 1 B3: 5 C1: 2 C2: 1 C3: 3 - Shenfeng (Simon) 2013/1/30 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > Andre, > > This is looking really great. > > Re: colour > An initial goal for the sidebar is to compliment, but not compete with of > distract users from the canvas. In an effort to minimize UI noise and help > keep the focus on the editor canvas - the work - I recommend we adopt a > hybrid of proposal 1 & 3: a grey background with suitable contrast for the > title sections, a darker grey. > > Another option might be to use a gradient for the section title. Darker to > lighter, top to bottom. This would frame the header, reinforce the > expand/collapse affordable And reinforce the info architecture. More > importantly, if the gradient resolved to the background colour, it would > eliminate the line between the header text and the content. This will > strengthen the association between the section title and content and > mitigate the Lego effect. I can prep a sketch to illustrate my point. > > Re: control styles > Again, noise reduction and consistency would be best. Flat backgrounds are > consistent with other toolbars and reduce non-actionable pixels. I > recommend we implement Proposal B. > > Again, great job. > > I'm looking forward to exploring new and exciting uses for the sidebar > framework. > > Best regards, > Kevin > > > > On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:41 PM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Development of the sidebar is progressing well. It already looks a lot > like the mockups posted by Xin Li on December 18th [1]. I have > concentrated on the underlying framework, so there is only one partially > migrated panel so far. Nevertheless the framework is now flexible enough > to think about the default color scheme to use. There are developer builds > [2] and an extension that allow live evaluation of the nine different color > schemes from [1]. > > > > I would like to ask you to either look at the mockups at [1] or try the > developer builds [2] and tell me what color scheme you like best. > > > > General information about the sidebar, the current state of development > and how to help can be found in the wiki [3]. > > > > Thanks in advance for you help, > > Andre > > > > > > [1] > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_User_Interface_Design_Proposals#Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_UX_Design_propoals > > [2] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar#Developer_Builds > > [3] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar > > > > PS: I remember Rob having asked the same question on our Facebook site > but can not find the email anymore. I also remember that the feedback was > somewhat inconclusive. Does anybody know the details? > > >
