Re: [libreoffice-users] question

Hi Csenger,

On 13/04/11 09:06, Csenger Attila Szabó wrote:
> I know that those who get used to the menu-style won't like any other
> solution, but you are not the only ones.
> So what about the plugin/extension thing?

To answer your original question, I think it's safe to say that no-one 
is planning to make LibreOffice look like MS Office 2007/10.

That said, "the LibreOffice developers" include You, since it's all 
developed in the open. So if you think a lot of people would benefit 
from your idea, get stuck in.

Something like changing the whole GUI is a huge task, and I'd actually 
be surprised if you could achieve such a thing with the extension system.

However, there's been some talk on the Development wiki (admittedly on 
the "Crazy Ideas" page: 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Crazy_Ideas) of 
refactoring LO to use an external cross-platform GUI library. I think 
wxWidgets is a better choice than Qt (as commented on the wiki), and I 
know wxWidgets has a Ribbon interface that could be useful for doing 
what you describe. Check it out, it was a GSoC project: 
http://www.corsix.org/content/ribbon-summer-code

So... go learn C++, refactor the entire LO codebase, *then* you can have 
your ribbon :p

Bests,

-r

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