On 30.01.2013 15:24, Fabrizio Marchesano wrote:
Hello Andre,
I just tested the Sidebar Developer Build on a Windows XP virtual Machine
Hm, that means that it runs on XP but not on Windows7. Strange.
and it looks really great, thanks for the great work by my side, too!
May I ask if I can include a screenshot of the Sidebar Developer Build into
my FOSDEM presentation?
Absolutely. I will be at FOSDEM, too, so I hope that we can meet.
The subject of my talk is the development of custom Task Pane estensions,
and I would like to show a glimpse of the future (of course, mentioning the
source wiki page and specifying that the screenshot is related to a
work-in-progess UI).
I'm highly interested in custom sidebar extension development (I began
creating custom sidebar plug-ins for clients in IBM Lotus Symphony
environment) and I would like to contribute on the subject; I currently use
Java and NetBeans plug-in to create my extension, is the source code for
the Java extension for development and debugging of the sidebar available?
Not yet. I plan on making the source public when a) I find a good place
for it and b) the configuration and API changes/enhancements settle.
Is there any other way I may help?
My goal is to stay compatible with the current way of adding sidebar
extensions. So, if you develop such extensions then it would be very
helpful if you could test them with the developer build. Just install
them like you do that now and they should be visible in both the
old/current and the new sidebar.
-Andre
About the color scheme survey, my preference goes to C1, followed by B1 and
A1.
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Fabrizio
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Shenfeng Liu <liush...@gmail.com> wrote:
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?
