There are several great proposals from the renaissance project( http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance). I saw great concept there like the FLUX UI(http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/FLUX_UI).
I doubt do we still have contributor working on the renaissance project. We should continue in that way. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:19 PM, XiuLi Xu <susan.dongd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Symphony UI is mainly written by Java code, such as Menu bar, toolbar, the > editor perspectives, that may not be simply directly migrated to AOO, we > need write refresh native code for AOO. > > I have the same boring feeling when I use AOO. The main impression is the > gray UI as the student said, it is not beautiful as other softwares, which > provide colorful themes, and people are permitted to switch to their > favorite one. > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for taking the time to send in your comments. I'm sure the User > > Experience (UX) will take these into consideration as we make plans for > > what will likely be Apache OpenOffice 4.0. > > > > FYI - IBM has contributed code from Symphony with a fresh UI and plans > are > > to integrate that into OpenOffice. > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > On Jun 6, 2012, at 6:53 AM, funny fanny wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello! > > > I'm from Denmark, so my English might not be so good. > > > > > > I'm 14 years old, and are going to work on a project for school. I > think > > the design in Open Office Impress, is REALLY confusing! You have to click > > twice to drag something and move around. In the beginning, I didn't know > > how to put a text box in my project. Now that I have struggling with a > > diagram for 1 hour, it is still not as I wanted. I wanted to have it > > percentages, but couldn't find it, and had to improvise. The small icons > > for the different stuff, is small and it is not clear enough to show what > > it is. Example. I have NO IDEA what this was, before I hold my mouse over > > it and read. > > > http://i49.tinypic.com/2nlzthw.png > > > I am not much of, to compare Open Office with Microsoft Office, but the > > icons in MO is really big, and it have a text under. It is also more > > modern, and probably is mostly used in the younger students. In OO, you > > have to click around to make it as you wanted. Even really simple things, > > you have to click around. I would like to see a icon, with a text box > and a > > 'insert picture' shown at the top or in the bottom, instead of it is > hiding > > behind my project, so I have to look for it. The normally and useful > tools > > don't appear very clear. It is hidden like hide and seek, and instead of > > using time on your project, you are wasting time to find what you need > ex. > > making a text box. > > > I am not only hear to complain about the layout in Open Office Impress, > > but I will thank you, for a free writing program, that is good enough t > > make it happen. But! There is still many things that could be better. > Open > > Office is quite boring, and I think in many opions it would be nice, if > it > > kinda 'explode' up in my face. When I open OO, is plain boring. All grey, > > small icons etc. > > > I mean, we are in 2012, things are getting more modern and futuristic. > > Sometimes it would be good with a little bit different. > > > > > > In the nearest future, I hope to see a more modern writing program, > that > > is easy to use. Is kinda in 'the dark side' right now. Try turning in to > > 'the bright side'. > > > > > > Thank you for your time, and I hope you take me seriously and actually > > maybe will spend time to reply? Or at least try to look at it, and think > > about what I just wrote > > > > > > > > > xoxo > > > 14 year old student, from Denmark. > > > > > > > >
