1. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 8 : branding)

    Publié le mercredi 10 avril 2013 par Michel Renon   Licence Creative Commons

    I also have a proposal for the branding process : branding should be done INTERNALLY : some contest may be started to receive ideas, but the processing, the creation and validation of the new branding/visual identity must be made internally and validated only by TDF members.

    TDF members know what they ...

  2. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 6 : tools & workflow)

    Publié le mercredi 10 avril 2013 par Michel Renon   Licence Creative Commons

    My proposal covers also the tools for the design process.

    Mockups

    Here are different tools to create UX mockups :

    • A lot of companies use Balsamiq, but there is no more free (0$) version
    • in order to "eat our own dog food", we could use Draw + gallery extension to provide basic ...
  3. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 5 : proposal)

    Publié le mercredi 10 avril 2013 par Michel Renon   Licence Creative Commons

    My proposal for the design process is in 3 steps :

    • Step 1 and Step 2 are executed at a regular interval, every year or two years,
    • Step 3 is executed for every design subject.

    STEP 1 : Goals

    The TDF board/ESC should define goals/objectives/roadmap for future versions (see ...

  4. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 4 : teams)

    Publié le mercredi 10 avril 2013 par Michel Renon   Licence Creative Commons

    My proposal is to create a new design team for UX design only. There will be :

    • the current team for visual identity, graphics, artwork, branding material
    • a new one for UX design

    The UX team must have core members, with proven skills and knowledge in UX design, and be certified ...

  5. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 3 : analysis)

    Publié le mercredi 10 avril 2013 par Michel Renon   Licence Creative Commons

    Someone has to say it loud : the current design process is very weak, and lacks some professional behavior :

    • No roadmap

      Papercuts are ok, but they are only short term. LO needs short term AND mid term AND long term design projects. Sometimes, new proposals may override previous work because of ...