On 8/31/21 8:44 AM, Hao Wang wrote: > Thanks for introducing me to the new term Ribbon. Looks like that's what I'm > aiming for. What in particular about Ribbon?
I know Microsoft did lots of studies as part of designing it; but honestly I prefer a Ribbon-less interface. IMHO, the Ribbon just adds clicks while one searches about for things without much context in each individual "Ribbon" to find stuff, making it more confusing than the previous approach which AOO continues to use. > In addition to the UI redesign, is it possible for us to develop a web-page > based office suite similar to Google docs or Office 365 ? AOO doesn't lend itself into that situation; however the document processing libraries for ODF do but then the major work of website design and library integration (with JavaScript/TypeScript) would still need to be done. $0.02 A lurker, Ben > > ________________________________ > From: J�rg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 5:47 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org <dev@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: RE: OpenOffice needs better UI > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hao Wang [mailto:hao...@live.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 11:26 AM >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Subject: Re: OpenOffice needs better UI >> >> I sent this message because I have had decade-long >> experiences with OpenOffice, WPS, Microsoft Office, Mac OS's >> own office suite and Latex. I think OpenOffice needs to >> improve its UI if it wants to compete with its competitors. >> In China, it's outrun by WPS and in US it's outrun by >> Microsoft. > > With this you have wonderfully explained and justified your request, but said > exactly zero about what should be changed or improved in the OO UI. > Two of the programs mentioned (MS Office and WPS Office) have a ribbon > interface > in any case. If that is your desire for the UI, then that would be clear so > far. > >> In China it is overtaken by WPS > > possible, I don't know the situation in China > >> and in the USA by Microsoft > > No, definitely not, because MS Office has always had much higher market share > than > OpenOffice. > > In Germany, for example, OpenOffice (specifically OOo) had a share of about > 12% at > its best, while MS Office had >70%. > The situation in the USA was never very different, rather the share of OO was > a > bit smaller than in Germany. > >> Even with a less-advanced technical core, a better >> UI design can lead to much higher popularity. > > That is certainly true. > I'm just afraid that no one here is willing to put significant developer > capacity > into the UI at the moment. > More concretely, if someone would be interested in improving the UI, they > could do > it, but they have to find someone who is interested first. > > > > J�rg > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Ben Meyer Software Engineer (703)901-2797 bm_witn...@yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
