> I'm working on a proposal for building an experimental new LibreOffice > toolbar / UI in Python: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:KeithCu
Err, I would like to point out the fact that trying to emulate MS in any way is always a B-A-D idea. Especially, but not limited to GUI ergonomics, where MS has been consistently been implementing things exactly the wrong way, from the perspective of the proficient user who knows also something else than MS. Your idea of a "ribbon" turned into a "sidebar" by 90° rotation imho is nothing else than the revival of the old (pre-Windows) Lotus 1-2-3 menu system. Pulldown-menus (and dialog boxes) are a far more advanced concept. Besides the issues with screenspace. A concept that could be a *lot* more useful imho would be to allow tearing off individual (sub-)menus and placing them as floating (or docked if the user prefers that) "toolboxes" next to the workspace. See typical graphics software or e.g. RagTime. When I was working in RagTime (or FrameMaker, but that was more than a decade ago), all I had on-screen besides the document itself and the pull-down menubar above were the listboxes with character and paragraph styles and very few other floating palettes. Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
