On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01.11.2012 17:02, RGB ES wrote: > >> 2012/11/1 Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> >> >> On 01.11.2012 09:59, Kevin Grignon wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I've been exploring design alternatives for adding navigation tabs to >>>> the >>>> docked task pane. >>>> >>>> See: >>>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/****wiki/AOO_UX_Design_**<http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/AOO_UX_Design_**> >>>> Exploration_-_Docked_Task_****Pane_Container_-_Tab_User_**** >>>> Interface_Design<http://wiki.**openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_** >>>> Design_Exploration_-_Docked_**Task_Pane_Container_-_Tab_** >>>> User_Interface_Design<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Docked_Task_Pane_Container_-_Tab_User_Interface_Design> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> We should keep in mind that there are not only UX changes involved >>> here. >>> I see three areas to work on: >>> >>> 1. UX. Look and feel. Kevin has made the first step in this area. >>> >>> 2. Programming framework. There is already a UNO API for plugable >>> sidebar >>> controls in general. There is a C++ framework for the side bar used in >>> Impress. These different approaches should be unified and extended to be >>> usable by all AOO applications and by extension developers. >>> >>> 3. Sidebar content. At the moment I only know the sidebar in AOO Impress >>> (implemented a large part of it myself) and the Symphony sidebar. >>> >>> You can dock the stylist, the navigator, the gallery and the old >> "fontwork >> tool" to have a sort of sidebar on all AOO components. >> > > I know. And it will be a challenge, at least on the technical level, to > join all the different features that we have to today, that can contribute > the new side bar. > > -Andre > > > >> Regards >> Ricardo >> >> >> I think that we want the sidebar for AOO Writer and Calc, too, and have >>> to >>> think about what to put into it. Here we can learn and copy a lot from >>> Symphony. >>> >>> -Andre >>> >>> > In my next iteration, I define the content area. Then we can see how the tabs are rendered with content. Regards, Kevin
