Difference between revisions of "OpenOffice.org Dashboard Concept"
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# Local and web search: get from Google. Get paid for it, like Firefox does. | # Local and web search: get from Google. Get paid for it, like Firefox does. | ||
# Tabs are not 100% required for this Dashboard, but without them it would be very difficult to return to the Dashboard. And we need tabs anyway. | # Tabs are not 100% required for this Dashboard, but without them it would be very difficult to return to the Dashboard. And we need tabs anyway. | ||
| − | # The central area of the page lets users add their own Google Gadgets, as Spicebird (www.spicebird.com) has pioneered. | + | # The central area of the page lets users add their own Google Gadgets, as Spicebird ([http://www.spicebird.com/content/google-applets-spicebird http://www.spicebird.com/content/google-applets-spicebird]) has pioneered. We should preload several good ones, such as Google Chat, a calendar and a news feed or two. |
# Inspired by Google Chrome and Spicebird and KDE social desktop ideas. | # Inspired by Google Chrome and Spicebird and KDE social desktop ideas. | ||
[[Image:OOoDash1.png]] | [[Image:OOoDash1.png]] | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 20 November 2008
The Welcome Screen introduced in OOo 3.0 can be extended to provide lots of important user functionality. At the same time, it can be designed and architected in a modular way that will make OOo feel much more "web2.0" and modern to our users. I propose renaming it the "OpenOffice.org Dashboard" to indicate how much it has been expanded.
I have developed the mockup shown below with the following design goals in mind:
- Feels more like a web browser, which everyone is comfortable with.
- Local and web search: get from Google. Get paid for it, like Firefox does.
- Tabs are not 100% required for this Dashboard, but without them it would be very difficult to return to the Dashboard. And we need tabs anyway.
- The central area of the page lets users add their own Google Gadgets, as Spicebird (http://www.spicebird.com/content/google-applets-spicebird) has pioneered. We should preload several good ones, such as Google Chat, a calendar and a news feed or two.
- Inspired by Google Chrome and Spicebird and KDE social desktop ideas.
