User Experience/ToDo/Competitor Software

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 hard-borders, but usually light borders
• highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too

Competitor Software

• virtually every web table, including the OOo and Mozilla issue-lists use these web-proven designs.
• Adobe InDesign CS3:
  • Be more productive -> Full featured tables paragraph:
  • flash demo: see the whole demo

Usability

• Writer: implement such a table style (NO issue yet filed)
• Calc: implement a Spreadsheet Table View
  • see issue 78181
  • different header style
  • data-rows: alternating background
  • highlight current row
• Impress: highlight current row/ current area
  • see issue 79882