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Yes there will be more icons than text , perhaps in addition to or below
some larger icons as text, every option had the icon.. A little is
confusing, here, there, I think many do not know where the stuff. Instead
there's one place where you put all of this. I just think that it is
necessary to design a new system to put all  tools to be at your fingertips.
I see no reason why a lot of things as they are now, as the main green ,
obviously someone dictate everything and can not be changed? and the
triangle on the logo which is I guess  the edge of the paper?? it's all so
meaningless without ideas, but it is all good for you, and now , if I made
​​a new logo and set up here, everyone would say, the old one is extra, you
have no brain, first it will say who all made​​, then the problem is you who
decide on all this.

On 25 June 2011 08:22, Christopher Lee <gunboatdebater@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd have to disagree with this one.  Let's take the standard toolbars
shipping with LibreOffice.  By default, the current setup has (to the best
of my memory) the Standard, Formatting, Find, and Navigation toolbars set
to
display, in addition to the ruler, status bar, and so on.

The Standard toolbar contains a number of functions related to file
operations: new, open, save, print, and so on.  Also attached (again,
correct me if I'm wrong) are undo/redo buttons.  While I don't have a usage
trial to show the data, I'm willing to bet that only four buttons are used
at all on this toolbar: that is, the first four.  Few people ever use these
buttons, which have largely been supplanted by their shortcut counterparts.
 Even fewer use undo/redo.

Nevertheless, some people still use those buttons, hence why I provided for
a quick access set (similar to what Office 2007/2010 offer in the title bar
at the upper left).  But the other toolbars aren't as well used-- the Find
and Navigation toolbars have functions that don't appear to be common in
many workflows.

You are right, not every program needs to be stripped down as far as
Chrome.
 On the other hand, I still contend that the fraction of the interface used
with any frequency is rather small compared to what's been built into many
previous mockups, and in that case hiding those options by default is
justified.

I didn't make that mockup minimal for the sake of being minimal: I don't
think autohide is particularly useful when used just for the sake of a
clean
interface (if you've tried the Phoenix Wright port to the iPod/iPhone,
that's a train wreck of an interface with functions hidden for no reason at
all).  However, the community response to the Wingpanel from the Elementary
Project (before it became similar to GNOME panel) was extremely positive--
and this is for an integral element of the user interface that was widely
used for power work!

I think that the Wingpanel's attractiveness stemmed from doing what it
needed to do without killing your ability to get to more advanced options.
 And while I like Ribbon designs, having to open tabs every time I want to
access something isn't productive.  Hence a wingpanel-esque solution--
which
actually preserves our common functionality like aligning, font style, and
so on, without being visually cluttering.

Also: multiple toolbars isn't necessarily a bad thing, but since we seem to
be using more icons than text, consider the difficulties associated with
hitting an icon among dozens of its companions.  It's not an easy task with
everything aligned on the top, as is-- and I don't see how splitting the
icons along two active edges makes things better.

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Sean White <runicpaladin@gmail.com>
wrote:

This look would suit a web app BUT not a fully featured office suite.
 Not
every program has to cut out as much interface as Google Chrome does,
especially when there are hundreds of functions that need to be accessed.

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Christopher Lee
<gunboatdebater@gmail.com>wrote:

Please bear with me if this isn't how we post to this mailing list--
I'll
admit it's my first time contributing.

Recently, I was looking at two mockups posted to OMGUbuntu and WebUpd8
regarding LibreOffice's design.  One was for a Ribbon style, the other
for
a
sidebar design.

Personally, I couldn't get behind the sidebar design.  When I used
KOffice,
I found it was eating up a lot of screen real-estate, and especially by
splitting half the UI elements between the sidebar and the top bar,
negated
many advantages of Fitt's Law by requiring I track multiple active
zones.

I cobbled together a very basic mockup of a streamlined interface using
the
web demo of Balsamic-- I don't have resources to go much further.  But
if
it's actually interesting to anyone, please let me know.

Link below:




https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1dv3FTikP46Qr8NpnJ4ukGLT15Ajgv--rf4sEWH9oilY/edit?hl=en_US

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