[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Mac OSX window look

[Markus Mohrhard]

Hey Hillar,

2013/2/16 Hillar Liiv <liivhillar at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> We were discussing about OSX UI look in Deisgn IRC. Our goal is to make it
> look native - greyish background for toolbar area [1]. Current one is white
> and doesn't feel anything like mac.
> Do you guys know is it possible to incorporate this native look to
> LibreOffice? BTW is it possible to get the gradient from the system or
> whether it should be hardcoded?
>
> [1] http://i.stack.imgur.com/aOac4.jpg
>

Theoretical it is surely possible. But then it comes down to two
things. First a design that is reasonable and works in our baseline
and secondly we would need somebody who can and wants to implement it.
Sadly the second part is where we have the most problems on Mac.
However if you know someone who has experience in MacOSX development
and wants to improve Libreoffice it would be highly appreciated by
many Mac users. We are open to any contribution in this direction and
have been looking for some time already for someone helping with the
huge task of improving the MacOSX integration.

So from my point of view the steps to bring your ideas forward you
need to find someone with at least a bit of knowledge around OSX
development and break down your idea in small tasks. I hope it sounds
not too negative but we have so many open points that without help we
can't implement all of them.

Thanks a lot for your contribution and I hope that we can bring this
idea forward.

Regards,
Markus