renaissance-status-2009-05-29.odp

State of






July 2009

Agenda

Research phase update

Prototyping phase update

What's next?

Q&A

Create a User Interface so that OpenOffice.org becomes the users' choice not only out of need but also out of desire

Mission Statement

Goal Statement

... to know and to understand our users as they are,
and to help them accomplish what they want to,
by providing efficient access to valuable functionality through a desirable user interface.

I. Research Phase Update

Research User Feedback Program

Sun Internal ToolingCached report creation for a faster report generation

Negative list to show uncalled events

Next/previous function (i.e previous event for undo)

Improvements for OOo 3.1.1 releaseTracking of menu buttons

External Data on OpenOffice.orgOOo Tracking data for download

Next StepsMake the (internal) data accessible for the community

Live usage data explorer as OOo extension (planned)

Research Competitive Analysis

Miroslav Mazel from the OOo UX community created a competitive analysis considering:MS Powerpoint 2010

MS Powerpoint 2008 (Mac)

Apple Keynote '09

Google Docs (as of June 2009)

and Zoho Office

II. Prototyping Update

Prototyping Goals

The design goals are tohelp users to find/use essential functionality more easily

help users to gain in expertise quickly

help users to create eye-catching documents in less time

The design directives are tominimize clutter and maximize consistency (similar elements are grouped and positioned in similar ways)

minimize redundancy and maximize relevancy (required information is revealed on demand)

minimize recall and maximize recognition (visual decision aids are provided when they are beneficial)

Prototyping Finished?

Six Weeks of (Java) Impress Prototyping2 Software Developers (Andre Fischer & Bernd Eilers)

2 User Experience Engineers (Andreas & Frank)

3 Mid fidelity prototypes in different variants (Try it!)'Scrolling Toolbars'

'Tabbed Toolbars'

'Fixed Label Toolbar' (the team's clear favorite)

Daily meetings and discussions

Daily feedback to community at OOo Wiki

Feedback from OOo community via mailing lists/blogs

Fun!

Prototyping Functionality

Supported Functionality (Highlights)Loading .ODP (ODF) files from OOo

Slideable toolbar area

Galleries & color theming

Live previews

Editable and zoomable sorter view

Direct object interaction for slides (copy, delete, zoom)

Live master view

3 D view for small devices

New handles/ mode less rotation

Notes window

Live Demo

http://tools.services.openoffice.org/impressprototype/impressprototype.jnlp

Start prototype: (Java required)

Fixed Label Prototype Normal

Fixed Label Prototype Sorter

Scrollable TabsViews & ZoomClassical Main MenuFixed Toolbar Area

Fixed Label Prototype Master

Zoom in/outMaster Page

Fixed Label Prototype Master

Zoom in/outMaster PageDelete/New/CopyViews & ZoomScrollable TabsClassical Main MenuFixed Toolbar Area

Moving objects
across pagesDelete/New/Copy

Fixed Label Prototype Galleries

Galleries

Fixed Label Prototype 3D View

Prototyping Insights

Prototyping is GreatImmediate and new insights, problems and ideas

Fast iteration of prototypes

Cool new ideas were born only due to do prototyping!

Easy to get feedback from customers and users

Should be done more often in the future!

What Does Mid-Fidelity Prototyping Mean?People outside often think this prototype will become the next Impress product because most things are working.
It is just a prototype to test the user interaction.

Furthermore Renaissance is about the entire OOo UI, not only Impress!

III. What's Next

Next Steps

Focus on the organization of functionalityLabeling

Sorting

Grouping

Positioning

Make UX tests with normal users

Gather feedback & think about new prototypesContextual UI for formatting objects (what was already present in StarOffice 4/5)

New visualization for tabs/sliders on top of the toolbars

More Prototypes?

Q&A

Thanks

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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