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The main idea of our approach is to extend the right frame by several tabs that allow easy access to the elements of a slide as well as quick and precise positioning and an efficient way of keeping track of your actions. | The main idea of our approach is to extend the right frame by several tabs that allow easy access to the elements of a slide as well as quick and precise positioning and an efficient way of keeping track of your actions. | ||
| − | The most important difference in this approach is an enhancement in the metaphor of a slide in OOImpress. A slide consists of several elements that are aligned in a certain sequence, can be grouped, dragged and so on. We want to make use of this representation in that every major object is treated as a seperate layer, starting with the basic slide. A layer consists of multiple objects, e.g. a predefined text field. When a compound object (e.g. a diagram) is added into the slide view a new layer is created, consisting of all elements the new object is composed of. In the case of a diagram this would include bars, key, axes, ... We assume that the expert user is familiar with an organization | + | The most important difference in this approach is an enhancement in the metaphor of a slide in OOImpress. A slide consists of several elements that are aligned in a certain sequence, can be grouped, dragged and so on. We want to make use of this representation in that every major object is treated as a seperate layer, starting with the basic slide. A layer consists of multiple objects, e.g. a predefined text field. When a compound object (e.g. a diagram) is added into the slide view a new layer is created, consisting of all elements the new object is composed of. In the case of a diagram this would include bars, key, axes, ... We assume that the expert user is familiar with an organization into a layered structure since this is realized in many image editing softwares and applications that work on images as well. |
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Revision as of 22:29, 1 July 2009
Contents
Description
This wiki illustrates the efforts made by a group of students within the scope of a study project of the University of Osnabrück. Our design proposal focuses on the diagram function in Open Office Impress. We try to evaluate general ideas about task organization and navigation on the basis of a specific exercise: How to implement a diagram in OO Impress.
Our goal is to create a more practicable way of using the diagram function. Currently we are working on three different prototype designs because we have different expectations on how the diagram function should perform.
Subsequently, we are planning to run usability tests on our prototypes in the upcoming term regarding human information processing.
Team
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Goals
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Activities
Design Proposal 1:
Design Proposal 2:
Design Proposal 3: Expert User Interface
Before we deal with the actual idea of out proposal we establish the following premises to base our approach on:
At first, we want to maintain a common frame structure when working with diagrams. When inserting a diagram in OOImpress the lateral frames drop away and the default toolbar is replaced by a context dependent toolbar with minimal functionality. The first impression imposed on the user is that a new program or a sub-program is executed. This comes with the uncertainty of not being able to turn back to the OOImpress default view, what has been reported to be the first intention of our group members when they first inserted a diagram.
When thinking of a desirable frame structure we decided to include a bottom frame which can be used for a time line like in the Proposal by Thibaut Dedreuil-monet or other features included in the new interface.
In addition, we want to retain a common toolbar for different types of objects in OOImpress. There is no reason to disable buttons e.g. for font size or color in general just to pop them somewhere else on the srceen. If a user is used to alter the font size with two clicks on the toolbar we do not want to inhibit the usual way of manipulation.
The main idea of our approach is to extend the right frame by several tabs that allow easy access to the elements of a slide as well as quick and precise positioning and an efficient way of keeping track of your actions. The most important difference in this approach is an enhancement in the metaphor of a slide in OOImpress. A slide consists of several elements that are aligned in a certain sequence, can be grouped, dragged and so on. We want to make use of this representation in that every major object is treated as a seperate layer, starting with the basic slide. A layer consists of multiple objects, e.g. a predefined text field. When a compound object (e.g. a diagram) is added into the slide view a new layer is created, consisting of all elements the new object is composed of. In the case of a diagram this would include bars, key, axes, ... We assume that the expert user is familiar with an organization into a layered structure since this is realized in many image editing softwares and applications that work on images as well.
a protocol tab
Links
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