User Experience/ToDo/Competitor Software
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Contents
Intro
The aim of this page is to provide an analysis of useful features from competitor software.
Competitor Software
- Adobe InDesign CS3
- Microsoft Office
- various web-pages
- ... please expand
Useful Features
Table Styles
Virtually every table on the net uses the following specific design:
Design
- header row: a background color is set
- table-rows:
- alternating backgrounds
- usually NO borders
- sometimes light borders between columns
- highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too
Competitor Software
- virtually every web table, including the OOo issue-list uses this web-proven design.
- Adobe InDesign CS3:
- Be more productive -> Full featured tables paragraph:
- flash demo: see the whole demo
Usability
- Writer: implement table style (NO issue yet filed)
- Calc: implement Spreadsheet Table View
- see issue 78181
- header style
- rows: alternating background
- highlight current row
- Impress: highlight current row/ current area
- see issue 79882