renaissance status 2009 07 30
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renaissance-status-2009-05-29.odp
State of
July 2009
Agenda
Research phase update
Prototyping phase update
What's next?
Q&A
Create a User Interface so that OpenOffice.org becomes the users' choice not only out of need but also out of desire
Mission Statement
Goal Statement
... to know and to understand our users as they are,
and to help them accomplish what they want to,
by providing efficient access to valuable functionality through a
desirable user interface.
I. Research Phase Update
Research User Feedback Program
Sun Internal ToolingCached report creation for a faster report generation
Negative list to show uncalled events
Next/previous function (i.e previous event for undo)
Improvements for OOo 3.1.1 releaseTracking of menu buttons
External Data on OpenOffice.orgOOo Tracking data for download
Next StepsMake the (internal) data accessible for the community
Live usage data explorer as OOo extension (planned)
Research Competitive Analysis
Miroslav Mazel from the OOo UX community created a competitive analysis considering:MS Powerpoint 2010
MS Powerpoint 2008 (Mac)
Apple Keynote '09
Google Docs (as of June 2009)
and Zoho Office
II. Prototyping Update
Prototyping Goals
The design goals are tohelp users to find/use essential functionality more easily
help users to gain in expertise quickly
help users to create eye-catching documents in less time
The design directives are tominimize clutter and maximize consistency (similar elements are grouped and positioned in similar ways)
minimize redundancy and maximize relevancy (required information is revealed on demand)
minimize recall and maximize recognition (visual decision aids are provided when they are beneficial)
Prototyping Finished?
Six Weeks of (Java) Impress Prototyping2 Software Developers (Andre Fischer & Bernd Eilers)
2 User Experience Engineers (Andreas & Frank)
3 Mid fidelity prototypes in different variants (Try it!)'Scrolling Toolbars'
'Tabbed Toolbars'
'Fixed Label Toolbar' (the team's clear favorite)
Daily meetings and discussions
Daily feedback to community at OOo Wiki
Feedback from OOo community via mailing lists/blogs
Fun!
Prototyping Functionality
Supported Functionality (Highlights)Loading .ODP (ODF) files from OOo
Slideable toolbar area
Galleries & color theming
Live previews
Editable and zoomable sorter view
Direct object interaction for slides (copy, delete, zoom)
Live master view
3 D view for small devices
New handles/ mode less rotation
Notes window
Live Demo
http://tools.services.openoffice.org/impressprototype/impressprototype.jnlp
Start prototype: (Java required)
Fixed Label Prototype Normal
Fixed Label Prototype Sorter
Scrollable TabsViews & ZoomClassical Main MenuFixed Toolbar Area
Fixed Label Prototype Master
Zoom in/outMaster Page
Fixed Label Prototype Master
Zoom in/outMaster PageDelete/New/CopyViews & ZoomScrollable TabsClassical Main MenuFixed Toolbar Area
Moving objects
across pagesDelete/New/Copy
Fixed Label Prototype Galleries
Galleries
Fixed Label Prototype 3D View
Prototyping Insights
Prototyping is GreatImmediate and new insights, problems and ideas
Fast iteration of prototypes
Cool new ideas were born only due to do prototyping!
Easy to get feedback from customers and users
Should be done more often in the future!
What Does Mid-Fidelity Prototyping Mean?People outside often
think this prototype will become the next Impress product because
most things are working.
It is just a prototype to test the user interaction.
Furthermore Renaissance is about the entire OOo UI, not only Impress!
III. What's Next
Next Steps
Focus on the organization of functionalityLabeling
Sorting
Grouping
Positioning
Make UX tests with normal users
Gather feedback & think about new prototypesContextual UI for formatting objects (what was already present in StarOffice 4/5)
New visualization for tabs/sliders on top of the toolbars
More Prototypes?
Q&A
Thanks
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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