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Revision as of 14:23, 25 May 2009
Design Proposal [Contextual Menus & Toolbars]
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The following design proposal is part of the collection of design proposals for “Accessing Functionality”, which is part of Project Renaissance.
Summary and Status
This proposal uses contextual menus & toolbars. The basic idea is that the menu list 100% of the functionality & settings and the toolbar just present the most important functionality. A second toolbar (format) is context sensitive and presents the most important settings for each context. The Format menu is also context sensitive.
Having a menu is also good on Mac and the toolbars are not crammed with each and everything present in OOo. Please also see full presentation linked below.
Status: Request for Comments
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Detailed Description
This space is reserved for the detailed description of your design. Add anything you might find important for us to know. If you don't have any clue what this might be, then you will find some topics below.
- Describe dynamic behavior: The mockup above is something static. To better illustrate what will happen on the screen, describe what actions would be taken by the user and what would appear on screen.
- Explain the rationale and assumptions: If you decided to go for a certain concept, then please explain why you chose this.
- Highlight particular design ideas and alternatives: A concept usually incorporates many individual ideas. If you think certain ideas are really unique, then please highlight them. And if you think that there were other really good ideas which could not be implemented at the same time, tell us about them.
- List issues and open questions: Please list any issues you are aware of and open questions. Do not worry if your proposal or concept isn't perfect. If you have discovered any stumbling blocks or worries, then please provide this information right from the start. Maybe the team can help find answers/solutions.
Additional Material and Mockups
Full proposal as presentation: Media:ProjectRenaissance DesignProposalCollection FL2.odp
Author or Team Working on This Proposal
| Author / Team Member | Contact (OpenOffice.org login name, used for email) |
| Frank Loehmann | fl |
Comments
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Your space :-)
Contextual Menus & Toolbars I am sorry to say this is 1 of the biggest bug bears with MS Office 2007. User sees feature they want to use then latter it disappeared then don't know where to find it. Its been a bug bear with Contextual appearing and disappearing tool-bars user don't know what toolbar it is. Please note OpenOffice already has some Contextual appearing toolbars even teaching Openoffice they can be trouble. Going down the Contextual path would be better to follow quatra pro path of tab contained toolbars and changing between the tabs on Contextual triggers. This way user can see where a feature is hidden then get back there. The lack of toolbars name being displayed somewhere has made learning office suits harder. --Oiaohm 22:45, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
