Hello,
2015-02-14 23:36 GMT+01:00 jonathon <toki.kant...@gmail.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [..] > > That would require one addition to the ">Tools >Options >Appearance" > Select UI-Profile, and offer: > * Prebuilt; > * Default; > * Custom; > That's exactly what we have discussed by Educoo, but not so sophisticated : only 3 levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. I already have addressed this issue on this list in the past, but I didn't get an answer. I have also tried to test a possible interest by EuroOffice, but also without result. My conclusion is that it could be not so easy to implement or not possible via an extension. > Clicking on "Prebuilt" has the following options: > * Ooo4Kids; > * OOoLight; > * Novice; > * Basic; > * Intermediate; > * Advanced; > * Default; > You could reduce the number of options here. For instance OOoLight is not necessary. The differences with OOo4Kids are too small. Novice, Intermediate and Advanced (AOO without modifications) should be enough (personal opinion). > > Clicking on "Custom" has the following options: > * Custom1; > * Custom2; > * Custom3; > * Custom4; > * Custom5; > * Custom6; > * Custom7; > > > Custom1, Custom2, .. Custom7, would be created by users, not the > project. The major use-case I see for the "Custom#" profiles, is an > office restricting/granting users access to specific parts of AOo. > > In theory, and maybe in practice, people will wrap their Custom# as an > extension, for distribution to third parties. > Custom is a nice idea for people working in specific areas, for instance chemists, physicians, translators, etc. > > > not the perfect way but it has the merit to be realizable without any > modification of the code. > > In one sense, both OOo4Kids and OOoLight were nothing more than > sophisticated skins. Yes, they did gut some of the innards of OOo, but > that gutting would have had minimal impact on _most_ users. > OOo4Kids and OOoLight were not just limited to that. There was also the independence from Java, the decoupling of the base module, the list of Calc functions adapted to different levels, etc. These changes will not be possible by a profile mechanism, but this method should be an acceptable workaround to adjust AOO to different user levels or needs. Regards -- gw
