FLUX UI

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About the project

FLUX UI, or FLUX User Interface, is a user interface design proposal for OpenOffice.org initially developed by Joshua Martin, Stephan Ruben, and Mikko Lehmitsolo but whose development has grown to be a community effort. The ongoing mantra, or constitution, of the development process has been the three statements as follows:

• The document is the most important UI element.
• Don't show the user what he/she doesn't need at the moment (context sensitivity).
• Don't focus on a single UI element (i.e. Ribbon, Menus, Tabs) - use a hybrid of elements so that the information is displayed in the most appropriate way.

Contact Us or Contribute

Anyone is welcome to contribute. Your comments and questions will reach us at either e-mail address, and are more likely to be considered than contacting us individually.

Communication Channel	Address	Information
E-Mail	flux-control-panel@googlegroups.com ui@ux.openoffice.org	Contact just the flux group Contact the Renaissance Projects User Experience Group
IRC	irc.freenode.net #ux.openoffice.org	Weekly meetings are held on Monday morning at 10AM EST (-5:00), though you may be able to find us floating around the channel during other hours.

The Concept

Current Image

A screenshot of the FLUX UI (Last Updated on February, 17th 2009)

Specific Ideas

Concept Title	Image	Explanation, please sign your name with (~~~~)	Comments & Suggestions
Accordian Toolbar		Explanation of the Accordian Toolbar
Image-Strip Scrollbar		The image strip scrollbar is a vertical set of thumbnail images positioned to the left of the vertical scrollbar. This image strip allows the user to navigate their document with more precision. Features of the I-S S are; a variable width based on the length of the document including a width that collapses the image strip when a certain document length is reached a window that shows the current zoom being used right click access to zoom options an icon to collapse the image strip to a scrollbar, as a means of saving screen real estate (Ak13 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC))
Tabs
Example Row

Current Color Palette

The current color palette is in the process of being assembled. Possible considerations for the color palette include the User Interface: Visual Design Groups work with the Galaxy Icon Palette.

Files

• File:Writer.odg: Original OpenOffice.org Draw file created by Joshua Martin. Includes most of the work throughout the life of FLUX UI.)