Difference between revisions of "OpenOffice.org Dashboard Concept"
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## It should be possible to write OOo extensions that place new widgets in the central area, too. Or make it even simpler, for users to add new widgets themselves. | ## It should be possible to write OOo extensions that place new widgets in the central area, too. Or make it even simpler, for users to add new widgets themselves. | ||
# Inspired by [http://www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome] and [http://www.spicebird.com/ Spicebird], [http://kde.org/ KDE]'s social desktop ideas, and the [http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatis/ iTunes Music Store] page layout. | # Inspired by [http://www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome] and [http://www.spicebird.com/ Spicebird], [http://kde.org/ KDE]'s social desktop ideas, and the [http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatis/ iTunes Music Store] page layout. | ||
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+ | The following is an earlier version of the mockup, I'll upload a new one as soon as an uploading glitch is fixed in the wiki: | ||
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Revision as of 17:00, 15 January 2009
The Welcome Screen introduced in OOo 3.0 can be extended to provide lots of important user functionality. At the same time, it can be designed and architected in a modular way that will make OOo feel much more "web2.0" and modern to our users. I propose renaming it the "OpenOffice.org Dashboard" to indicate how much it has been expanded.
I have developed the mockup shown below with the following design goals in mind:
- Feels more like a web browser, which everyone is comfortable with, making adoption of OOo seem easier for new users.
- Local and web search: get from Google. Get paid for it, like Firefox does.
- Tabs are not 100% required for this Dashboard, but without them it would be more difficult to return to a persistent Dashboard (we could put a button in a toolbar, of course). But, we need tabs anyway.
- It would be fine to launch the Dashboard as an OOo Extension without building tabs into OOo. Then we'd need a link in a toolbar and from a menu for persistent Dashboard access.
- The central area of the page lets users add their own Google Gadgets, as Spicebird (http://www.spicebird.com/content/google-applets-spicebird) has pioneered. We should preload several good ones, such as Google Chat, a calendar and a news feed or two (including one pointing to our major news announcements).
- It should be possible to write OOo extensions that place new widgets in the central area, too. Or make it even simpler, for users to add new widgets themselves.
- Inspired by Google Chrome and Spicebird, KDE's social desktop ideas, and the iTunes Music Store page layout.
The following is an earlier version of the mockup, I'll upload a new one as soon as an uploading glitch is fixed in the wiki: