[Libreoffice-ux-advise] New Template Dialog on Mac OSX

[Mirek M.]

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Le 08/10/12 09:50, Mirek M. a écrit :
>
> Hi Mirek,
>
> >
> > AFAIK, the new OS X file management uses no back button as well. [1]
> > Instead, clicking a folder "expands" it and clicking away folds it back.
> > The folders in the template dialog should work somewhat similarly --
> > clicking away or clicking "X" should dismiss a folder overlay and return
> > back to the upper hierarchy.
>
> No clicking on a folder doesn't expand it by default, at least not on
> OSX 10.8, unless that folder is in the Dock. It certainly doesn't have
> that behaviour on the Desktop, or in the Finder.
>
> The behaviour you identified in your first link is Coverflow-related
> whic LO doesn't support in its dialogs (or if it does, I don't see how
> to activate it). Now, if you could get the dialog to do that it would
> look much nicer indeed ! :-))
>

Actually, it's not Coverflow-related, it's just Mac OS's new "Document
Library" [1], [2]. It's one of those things Apple brought from iOS to Mac
OS, so it appears in new applications and Launchpad, but doesn't appear in
Finder or in the dock.

>
> In fact, both of the links you provided are a vast improvement on what
> is currently displayed.
>

You can see the original tentative design at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Templates_and_documents_rework.
The screenshot you posted does look different from the design -- hopefully
those are just some design glitches that will be sorted out at the end.
Rafael, would you like to comment on that?
Also, did you receive the icons for the dialog from Astron?

[1] http://informationarchitects.net/blog/mountain-lions-new-file-system/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmZbTZwoeA&feature=player_embedded at
0:54
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