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Welcome to the wiki of the OpenOffice.org Renaissance Project.

Our Mission

“Create a User Interface so that OpenOffice.org becomes the users' choice not only out of need, but also out of desire”

Project Charter

• The problem statement - What are the challenges of the current User Interface?
• The mission statement - What is our mission?
• The goal statement - What we plan to achieve.
• The scope - What is the focus of this project?
• The roadmap - How do we plan to proceed?

Project Phases

• Research - Know and understand OpenOffice.org users to better meet their needs.
  • OpenOffice.org User Survey Results - OpenOffice.org User Survey Results 2008.
  • IsoMetrics Results - IsoMetrics-S Survey Results from VBG.
  • ODF document analysis with ODFTOOLKIT - First attempt to create an ODF analyzer.
• Design - Generate and accumulate design ideas to create prototypes based on valid data.
• Evaluate - Evaluate promissing solutions.

General Information

• The Team - The People Behind Project Renaissance
• Presentations - Presentations
• Status Meetings - Renaissance Status Meetings
• Press Coverage - Project Renaissance Press Coverage
• User Experience Books - Valuable literature on User Experience topics
• User Experience Sites - Valuable links to User Experience sites

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Frequently Asked Questions - Answers on Frequently Asked Questions

How You Can Help

Get Involved/Share Ideas

• You may join the UX project, just have a look at How To Join.
• A first contact to the team can be established in the IRC chat at #ux.openoffice.org on irc.freenode.net.
• Join the weekly status meetings. The meeting takes place on IRC at #ux.openoffice.org on irc.freenode.net. The meetings is scheduled for 4pm CET.

Share Ideas

Share your cool user interface ideas on ui@ux.openoffice.org

Fix bugs

• Actual Requests For Enhancements or Bugs with the keyword Usability.