To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=43342 Issue #:|43342 Summary:|Should not copy M$ GUI styles; about integrity of GUI |look Component:|ui Version:|680m77 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Linux Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|TASK Priority:|P4 Subcomponent:|ui Assigned to:|sba Reported by:|sergey_feo
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 22 10:06:15 -0800 2005 ------- Sorry for my bad English :) About GUI style. In new versions of OpenOffice on toolbars we can see "half- transparent" magenta buttons, not relief, as in previos versions. Exactly same as in M$ Word XP. Who made plagiarism in this case - M$ or community? :-) If community - IMHO it is not very good from moral point of view to copy so non- fundamental ideas, one by one... Now, my classification of M$ styles :-) Let's see on Win 95 GUI. New, full-relief GUI was copyed by all - from MacOS to me on BASIC :) . In Win 95 was one program with other interface - IE. It had toolbars with buttons, which has relief only under mouse pointer. IMHO this was M$ GUI experiment N1. In Win 98 this experiment became a mainstream. All toolbars was like as in old Win 95 IE. And other (N2) M$ experiment IMHO was M$ Office 97 gradient window titles. In Win 98 its became a law. In Win 98 we can see experiment N3 - "web integration". No relief, but background colors; no buttons, but hyperlinks. This practics was in Win Me and 2000, but in XP it was morphing to meet a new style - style of Win XP. No strong metal, nearly to games. This was made without any experiments (N4). And like in Office 97, in Office XP we can see a new GUI experiment - N5. This is an new idea based on N3 - non-relief, non-metall, more "paper", more "real documents - like" interface. The part of it is wonderfull violet non-relief buttons, the most viewable part of new theme. And OpenOffice copyed this part of experimental interface - without any other parts!.. And in OpenOffice 1.9.77 we have a summa of non-summable: Win 98 pull- down "metall" menus, GTK2-style toolbar handlers, KDE2-style toolbar backgroung gradient, "non-strong" icons, and "paper" buttons! I think OOffice should think more about "integrity" of GUI theme. If "metal" Win 98 - so all GUI parts looks like Win 98, if "paper" M$ Office XP - so all GUI parts in "paper" style. If not copying M$ at all - create a new theme, and apply it to all GUI.... No, I want not say that OOffice 2 has bad look, no - it has good look; Office XP buttons has good view on gradient panels near new icons, really. !!! ALL THIS IS MY imho, of course !!! WBR, Sergey --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
