[horde] Interface design Horde 4.1/5.0

[Luis Felipe Marzagao]

Em 09-01-2012 17:07, Nicolás Ilich Samus escreveu:
> I'm not sure if it's obvious or a detail, but i think is important to
> hold the menus at top if the user scrolls down in the application.
> It's really annoying in an application when is needed scroll up to
> make an action or open another app in a new tab and then scroll down
> again to return to the working point.
Like google menu. I think it's great. Simple, clean and efficient.
> I completely agree with the necessity of a new interface common to all
> apps and the design proposed looks very functional and comfortable.
>
>
> --
> Atte.
> Nicolás Ilich Samus
>
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>
> 2012/1/9 Jānis<je at ktf.rtu.lv>:
>> Citējot Gunnar Wrobel<wrobel at pardus.de>
>> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:14:23 +0100:
>>
>>> Hello Jānis,
>> ...
>>
>>> The main reason for giving such a redesign a high priority is the fact
>>> that we have been told many times that Horde looks outdated in comparison to
>>> similar applications.
>>>
>>> My own experience has been kind of desastrous in that regard: Kolab
>>> Systems is currently trying to move the Kolab ecosystem from Horde to
>>> Roundcube. To a large part due to the fact that is is being considered "to
>>> look slicker".
>>>
>>> Roundcube is not the only contender in that area. Google, Tine 2.0,
>>> Open-Xchange, Zarafa all offer frontends with a more consistent interface
>>> than what we provide at the moment.
>>
>> the next is not about Horde:
>>
>> I have impression that most of "interface improvements" are mostly
>> marketoid-driven efforts (because "we must have a new product with
>> astonishing look") and during the process the most important thing often is
>> forgotten: the product, besides looking "super-duper", must do the work it
>> is intended to and, in the best case, as glitch-less as possible.
>>
>> I am very poor indicator as I hate the progress for the sake of progress,
>> but what I see during my working day at some institution employing around
>> 130 people:
>>
>> - people mostly hates Windows7 and stick with XpSP3;
>> - people are mostly conservative and stick with MSO2003 instead of falling
>> in love with MSO2007+
>>
>> Of course, there are about 10-15% who thinks that the best tools for the
>> work are the ones from bleeding edge. The reason behind it I see as the
>> extremely high level of software piracy for private use on one hand and the
>> popularity of software-bundled laptops with the latest releases of Win+MSO
>> on the second.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> If I may suggest one functionality for the Horde from proprietary software
>> world - ability to change the attachment and save the changed one with the
>> letter (as Outlook does) - I did not met any other product offering it and I
>> must add, that it is very popular among bureaucracy.
>>
>>
>> Janis
>>
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