I worked on using QtCreator IDE for LibreOffice : https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/15804

Thanks to Arnaud who finalized the gerrit validation, and endlessly motivated me to develop for LibreOffice.

Here is an album of screenshots (similar to Bjoern’s video with KDevelop) :

1 : Opening QtCreator with ‘sw’ project file

2 ...

As a reminder, here is the list of all the articles :

• part 1 : the context
• part 2 : other projects
• part 3 : analysis
• part 4 : teams
• part 5 : proposal
• part 6 : tools & workflow
• part 7 : schedule
• part 8 : branding
• part 9 : conclusion (the current part)

In few words, the main ideas ...

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 ...

The most unbelievable part in the current design process is the total lack of schedule !

On the opposite, if we look at the dev process, the schedule is very well defined : https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.1 and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article is a list of references, links about design process. My future proposals are based on work and reflexions made by specialist about UX design. (bold emphasis are mine)

Design process by Nielsen

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-application-design-mistakes/

The only generalizable advice is this: rather than rely on ...

Hi, I wanted to share with you some reflexions and proposals to enhance the design process.

As it's a rather long post, I've split it in several parts :

• part 1 : the context (the current part)
• part 2 : other projects
• part 3 : analysis
• part 4 : teams
• part 5 : proposal ...