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| '''Icons''' || http://mox.fidisk.fi/opensource/UI/differences/aqua-menu-no-icons.png <br><br>No icons in the menu || '''Ribbon:''' No (regular) menus.<br> '''Aero:''' No icons in the menu || typically(?) icons in the menu | | '''Icons''' || http://mox.fidisk.fi/opensource/UI/differences/aqua-menu-no-icons.png <br><br>No icons in the menu || '''Ribbon:''' No (regular) menus.<br> '''Aero:''' No icons in the menu || typically(?) icons in the menu | ||
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− | | '''Main structure'''<br>''what are the top-level menu items'' || Apple-button (systemwide), Pages (i.e. the application menu), File, Edit, Insert, Format, Arrange, View, Window, Help. In total: 10 || '''Ribbon/Word:''' Office-button (similar to "File" -menu), Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View. In total: 8 || ??? | + | | '''Main structure'''<br>''what are the top-level menu items'' || Apple-button (systemwide), Pages (i.e. the application menu), File, Edit, Insert, Format, Arrange, View, Window, Help. In total: 10 || '''Ribbon/Word:''' Office-button (similar to "File" -menu), Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View. In total: 8. ''Note: Clearly task-oriented structure'' || ??? |
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| '''Preferences'''<br> ''Where the settings are located and what they are called'' || http://mox.fidisk.fi/opensource/UI/differences/aqua-menu-preferences.png <br><br>'''Preferences...''' in the "'''Application menu'''" e.g. Pages -menu, accessible with CMD-, || '''Options...''' in Tools -menu?? || '''Preferences''' in Edit -menu | | '''Preferences'''<br> ''Where the settings are located and what they are called'' || http://mox.fidisk.fi/opensource/UI/differences/aqua-menu-preferences.png <br><br>'''Preferences...''' in the "'''Application menu'''" e.g. Pages -menu, accessible with CMD-, || '''Options...''' in Tools -menu?? || '''Preferences''' in Edit -menu |
Revision as of 09:06, 3 March 2007
Contents
Contributors
- Mox Soini: Mox
Introduction and History
This page is still a stub. Will fill later
Complementary and Related projects
The possible future UI Layout work is complementary and not overlapping with:
- UI Layout
- Graphics Rendering re-work: OOo Canvas
- UNO Runtime environment
- ODF Toolkit and
- OOo Runner Separate Apps on Mac OS X
Goals
Document the differences in Platform specific UIs (e.g. Aqua/Mac OS X, Aero/Vista, Gnome/Linux, KDE/Linux Win32/Windows XP).
The focus is in stuff expressed in GUI guidelines (e.g. Aqua HIG, Aero xxx, Gnome UI SG,...) and stuff that is standard or preferred way of doing things, as exemplified by high quality applications on each platform (e.g. Apple Pages (iWork) on Mac OS X, MS Word (Vista Office), Abiword on Gnome)
Differences
The following lists the typical applications used on various platforms and the comparison screenshots from OpenOffice.org. The aim is to show that while there are similarities in these platform-specific applications, and much of the actual functionality is quite similar, the actual UI (i.e. how you accomplish those functions) has differences both on surface and in deeper levels.
Stuff to add (Mac OS X):
- ok/cancel buttons: ok on the right side
- ...