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Interface redesign for KOffice?
by yman on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @08:38

Is KOffice going to use the ribbon interface like MS Office 2007? because that's what the screenshots make it look like. From what I can tell, the ribbon interface isn't the standard of KDE 4, so if it is used in KOffice, it will cause inconsistency.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by fred on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @09:07

So far only Kexi uses that kind of ribbon-like interface, the rest of koffice uses different approach in the UI. Let's hope there will be a student for KOffice usability project and bring a nice UI to KOffice.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by Sebastian on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @09:48

There even had been a Koffice UI competition on this web site. There was a winner with an interesting concept. Neither I understand why the selected concept will not be implemented, nor I would agree with yet another student project without public control.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by Boudewijn Rempt on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @10:19

a) The koffice ui competion wasn't a student project
b) We have implemented much of Martin's ideas -- and Martin himself is a valued KOffice developer now
c) We have learned a lot in the meantime and have found we could use some expert help
d) Why should anyone care whether you agree to anything or not?

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by Sebastian on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @11:44

I am sorry. I was completely mistaken. I got the impression someone suggested to "hire" some student who would design his own "personal" optimal UI. This was meant by "public control" - more eyes see more than just a pair of them meaning a winner of a competition would probably follow more advice than "some" student following ust his own plan. I didn't know that the idea origined in the KOffice team to improve the concepts received in the competition. So, please, forget my trolling.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by fred on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @11:49

I was referring to this: http://dot.kde.org/1206119837/ ;)

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by Sebastian on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @02:07

Thanks. I missed that one. ;)

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by hans on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @10:27

Public control? Who do you think you are to ask the developers to be publically controlled?

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by Debian User on Saturday 12/Apr/2008, @01:05

Hello,

don't you or anybody else note the uselessness of the argument? KDE is Free Software developed in a public repository. Does that ring something?

KDE makes a point about releasing software before it's ready. Does that ring something?

Why would you even start to think the issue of public vs. non-public exists when KDE is already 100% public all the time?

Yours,
Kay

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by openSOURCE on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @08:07

Well it's called opensource not opendevelopment. The development ist not open to the public.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by openSOURCE on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @08:12

If you don't believe me try to intgerate a patch in the upcoming 2.6.25 kernel. You will soon understand that not everyone is accepted as developer in a project and that is of course for good reason. So again: It's only the source that is open .

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by openSOURCE on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @08:05

Well it's called opensource not opendevelopment. The development ist not open to the public.

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Re: Interface redesign for KOffice?
by JRT on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @21:42

Developement most certainly is open to public view.

Anyone can download a copy of the latest SVN. And file bugs against it.

OTOH, if someone develops something outside of SVN, then it is not open to the public.

Note that even more open development would be an improvement in some cases.

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