Project to create a LibreOffice fork
Posted: Sun 12 Jan 2014, 18:57
Hi to everyone.
This is a project from Argentina introduced by marianxs, a gtk/qt developer. Due the fact that, LibreOffice main developers/comunity don't help in any senses, we are in the way of get the help from users from any comunity.
Some LibreOffice developers are not interested to change the current GUI design. But, others want to work in a modernization.
This project consists on GUI refresh. There are a complete prototypes based on GTK. These are some screenshots from different vala/gtk GUI functional ideas.
![Image](http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/053/f/3/libreoffice___________open_source_______toolbars_by_marianogaudix-d5oru15.png)
Watch this UI prototype in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckRn_sx8CE
![Image](http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/244/e/9/libreoffice_concept_by_marianogaudix-d5h6art.png)
Watch this UI prototype in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O_GIUyX19c
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¿What is the main problem?
Libreoffice/openoffice uses a homemade VCL library, and There isn't DEVELOPER'S MANUAL available on the WEB/LibreOffice team. The LibreOffice GUI designers, are not interested to modernize the interface, so many important developers answer the help questions with negations and bad predispotition. In this case, there is not a form to help.
Some LibreOffice developers want to work on a NEW GUI, but others are very ortodox.
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¿What we need?
We can start with a very little information.
We need information about:
1: ¿How to compile the homemade VCL libraries used on LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice?
2: A example program, very simple, that can be compiled using VCL library. We need some example like this:
Model:
http://k38.kn3.net/taringa/4/5/9/0/2/8/ ... 3.jpg?5667
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¿How you can help?
You can help, showing your knowledge, asking, searching, ideas..
You can help asking: (If you ask also, maybe we have more posibilities)
Michael Meeks: michael.meeks@suse.com
LibreOffice designers: design@global.libreoffice.org
LibreOffice list : libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org
Asking on Apache OpenOffice/LibreOffice FORUMS.
If more people, help us asking... maybe we can get a little help, that can be very usefull to us in order to make a change on LibreOffice.
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Of course, some people are not interested on GUI, and they prefer more characteristics, more speed, more stability, more compatibility... yes.. all of these things are very important...and we support this + including GUI EVOLUTION.
Thanks for all. You can put some results of your help here. I'll send news to the main developer (Marianxs: Mariano Gaudix).
You can also contact with he on:
Google+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/104109746841092570517/posts
Taringa! : http://www.taringa.net/marianxs
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Thanks for you attention!
Greetings from Argentina.
This is a project from Argentina introduced by marianxs, a gtk/qt developer. Due the fact that, LibreOffice main developers/comunity don't help in any senses, we are in the way of get the help from users from any comunity.
Some LibreOffice developers are not interested to change the current GUI design. But, others want to work in a modernization.
This project consists on GUI refresh. There are a complete prototypes based on GTK. These are some screenshots from different vala/gtk GUI functional ideas.
![Image](http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/053/f/3/libreoffice___________open_source_______toolbars_by_marianogaudix-d5oru15.png)
Watch this UI prototype in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckRn_sx8CE
![Image](http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/244/e/9/libreoffice_concept_by_marianogaudix-d5h6art.png)
Watch this UI prototype in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O_GIUyX19c
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
¿What is the main problem?
Libreoffice/openoffice uses a homemade VCL library, and There isn't DEVELOPER'S MANUAL available on the WEB/LibreOffice team. The LibreOffice GUI designers, are not interested to modernize the interface, so many important developers answer the help questions with negations and bad predispotition. In this case, there is not a form to help.
Some LibreOffice developers want to work on a NEW GUI, but others are very ortodox.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
¿What we need?
We can start with a very little information.
We need information about:
1: ¿How to compile the homemade VCL libraries used on LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice?
2: A example program, very simple, that can be compiled using VCL library. We need some example like this:
Model:
http://k38.kn3.net/taringa/4/5/9/0/2/8/ ... 3.jpg?5667
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
¿How you can help?
You can help, showing your knowledge, asking, searching, ideas..
You can help asking: (If you ask also, maybe we have more posibilities)
Michael Meeks: michael.meeks@suse.com
LibreOffice designers: design@global.libreoffice.org
LibreOffice list : libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org
Asking on Apache OpenOffice/LibreOffice FORUMS.
If more people, help us asking... maybe we can get a little help, that can be very usefull to us in order to make a change on LibreOffice.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Of course, some people are not interested on GUI, and they prefer more characteristics, more speed, more stability, more compatibility... yes.. all of these things are very important...and we support this + including GUI EVOLUTION.
Thanks for all. You can put some results of your help here. I'll send news to the main developer (Marianxs: Mariano Gaudix).
You can also contact with he on:
Google+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/104109746841092570517/posts
Taringa! : http://www.taringa.net/marianxs
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Thanks for you attention!
Greetings from Argentina.