Hi Samuel, I love to get my hands dirty. Just give me some time and I’ll send you some mockups. Obviously I believe the numbers sidebar is really well crafted, meaning, I will base my work on that. If that's too close to the apple UI, please let me know. Apart from that I tend to follow the excellent elementary HIG.
Best wishes, Roland Am 04.12.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt <samuel.mehrbr...@cib.de>: > Hi Roland, > > thanks for the screenshots. > Is there a chance you could get your hands dirty and try to improve the > sidebar in calc yourself? We could lend you a hand if you like. > > Or do you have specific suggestions, what should be improved? If you do not > plan to work on things yourself, it would most likely be picked up by someone > if you break your suggestions down into small, concrete enhancement > suggestions filed in bugzilla. > > Thanks a lot > Samuel > ________________________________________ > Von: Roland Spitzlinger <r.spitzlin...@gmail.com> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. November 2015 16:05 > An: Samuel Mehrbrodt > Cc: design@global.libreoffice.org > Betreff: Re: [libreoffice-design] libre office vs numbers > > Hi Samuel, > > thanx for your reply. > I put the screenshots in the following folder: > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5CZFCSGix1ebmx2VlRSZWZkLXM&usp=sharing > > Please also note the links to the individual screenshots below. > > best wishes, > roland > > Am 26.11.2015 um 15:46 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt <samuel.mehrbr...@cib.de>: > >> Hi Roland, >> >> many thanks for your suggestions, they are good points. >> >> Unfortunately this mailing list has stripped off your attachments - could >> you please upload them somewhere else and post links to them? >> >> Thanks >> Samuel >> ________________________________________ >> Von: Roland Spitzlinger <r.spitzlin...@gmail.com> >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. November 2015 23:37 >> An: design@global.libreoffice.org >> Betreff: [libreoffice-design] libre office vs numbers >> >> hello everyone, >> >> first of all thanx for your great effort! >> I have been using libre office for many years and it has improved a lot >> since then. >> >> I have been working on user interfaces in the past and I just thought you >> might appreciate a few thoughts that could potentially help improve the >> libre office UI. In fact, I have done a little comparison of libre office >> calc and numbers (osx). Based on that, here are a few suggestions: >> >> divide options into managable groups. do not show all options at the same >> time. >> instead organize them in sections >> work with tabs >> avoid strong color contrasts. the human eye isn’t made for it. >> avoid black on white background, use grey shades instead (dark grey on light >> grey is highly recommended) >> avoid bold text in strong colors such as black and red >> avoid colors in general, unless used to highlight something. this helps the >> user to focus on the important matters. >> only use colors to highlight the current state of a text/cell (e.g. the >> checkbox „Tausendertrennzeichen“ should be in color if it is active for the >> marked cell, otherwise it should be grey) >> do use colors for color options, obviously. >> combine related buttons in groups (see e.g. the button group „Ausrichtung“) >> this way the UI is less clustered and easier to comprehend. >> hide unnecessary design elements. as we all know, good design is as little >> design as possible. >> only show indicators when they are actually needed (see the two screenshots >> with color option below) >> avoid additional external formating menus with ever more options. instead >> work with tabs and control buttons within the sidebar framework (see last >> screenshot below) >> avoid scrollbars >> if they seem necessary, then this is a sign that there is already too much >> information >> if a scrollbar is needed, hide it until the user actually starts scrolling >> >> hope this is of any help. If you have any questions go ahaid. >> >> In any case, thanx again for your effort! >> >> best wishes, >> roland >> >> >> comparison of formating panels: >> numbers vs. libre office >> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eMkNnNV9qMUtEcW8 >> >> >> >> While libre office shows all options in one place, numbers breakes them down >> into logical and more comprenhensible sections. >> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eczNSSk8yUFRfeUk > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eR0Fyck9IZTFPS1U > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eWG9OUUpnRkNWbnM > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eWTB2OGtMUi1ZQ28 > >> >> >> color option: >> mouse over color option: >> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1ebnU4M05CZDI5c1E > > additional options: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CZFCSGix1eUnRyM3R5Z0ZYZ0E >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.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.libreoffice.org/global/design/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.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.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.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.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted