Interesting. I like both AOO and Symphony - Symphony is easier to use in my opinion. More limited, but still very good.
Doug Hovelson doughovel...@msn.com 612-722-5501 Telephone 612-605-2296 Fax Public Relations Specialist Big Thunder Public Relationshttp://www.bigthunderpr.com > Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:59:48 +0800 > Subject: Re: Hello all, I'm Xin Li, the UX designer of Symphony > From: kevingrignon...@gmail.com > To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org > > Doug, > > Good question. > > Last year, IBM announced that it would contribute Symphony code to the AOO > project. I'll defer to the business types to provide the full details. > > I can speak to the AOO user experience opportunties. When this code > contribution is available, there could be an opportunity to migrate or > merge any aspects of the user experience that compliment the existing AOO > offering and will enhance the AOO user experience. Hey, choice is good ;) > > Such enhancements, similar to any proposed AOO design enhancements, must be > focused on realizing our user's core use cases. > > Finally, all enhancements are subject to AOO community approval. > > Regards, > Kevin > > AOO User Experience Design > > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Doug Hovelson <doughovel...@msn.com>wrote: > > > > > Is Symphony being de-emphasized? > > > > Doug Hovelson > > > > > > doughovel...@msn.com > > > > > > 612-722-5501 Telephone > > > > > > 612-605-2296 Fax > > > > > > Public Relations Specialist > > > > > > > > Big Thunder Public Relationshttp://www.bigthunderpr.com > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:40:20 +0800 > > > Subject: Re: Hello all, I'm Xin Li, the UX designer of Symphony > > > From: kevingrignon...@gmail.com > > > To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org > > > CC: ooo-...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > Great to see such interest and passion in UX. We're excitied to > > > reinvigorate the UX effort and look forward to everyone's contribution. > > > > > > Any enhancements to the AOO UI and user experience moving forward, > > whether > > > adopted from the Symphony code base, opportunities for improvement > > > identified from AOO user feedback, or great ideas from within the AOO > > > community will need to compliment the existing offering, align with our > > > user's needs and criteria for success. We will subscribe to a > > user-centered > > > design methodology. > > > > > > Product development requires a balance of exploitation and incremental > > > enhancement of the existing code base, while exploring new and innovative > > > implementations. Together we can define such balance. > > > > > > UX is currently refreshing the UX wiki, and will send out link to the > > > updated pages and new UX work products soon. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Kevin > > > > > > AOO User Experience Design > > > >
