LibreOfffice and its new UI

David dgboles at gmail.com
Mon Jul 29 12:08:51 UTC 2013


On 7/29/2013 8:01 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/29/13 19:40, David wrote:
>> On 7/29/2013 3:14 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> On 07/29/13 14:14, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
>>>> On 29.07.2013 07:32, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>> On 07/29/13 12:37, Isaac Cortés González wrote:
>>>>>> Well, I'm having a problem trying to enable the new UI of LibreOffice
>>>>>> 4.1, all this in F19+KDE; but for some reason I can't see it in any
>>>>>> menuItem or any other menu or option; is this because of KDE or is
>>>>>> there a dependency I haven't resolve?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   
>>>>> It is way too HOT here in Taiwan so my brain is slower than usual.   What is the new UI of LibreOffice supposed to look like or do?  Any screenshots to show me what I'm missing?  I just updated an F19 system and don't see anything new.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> There are some changes constantly made to UI in LO but mostly they're
>>>> visible from developer's perspective. They use more flexible way of
>>>> placing and resizing controls on LO windows. Regular user has to be very
>>>> inquisitive to see that changes.
>>>>
>>> So, how do I know if I am looking at the New UI or the Old UI?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Libreoffice > Help > About Libreoffice > read the popup information?
>>
> 
> Other than the release information what can you glean from that?
> 
> What I'm trying to get at is "What *is* the new UI" being referred to by the OP?  I don't see any significant differences between the UI on my F18 system and a fully updated F19 system.
> 


Hmm...  Sorry. I misunderstood your question. I, myself, don't see
anything that stands out and 'new and shiny' in the GUI but here is some
information about what was done under the hood.

"Release Notes
LibreOffice 4.1.0 Final (2013-07-25)"

<http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/>

-- 

  David


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