New UI

[koppor]

(This issue is closed as it won't be targeted within the next months and we want to have our issue tracker clean. It will be reopened if we really work on the new UI.)

This issue is used to collect requirements to the new UI. I will incorporate updates in this text. To keep the comment list small, I will delete the comment if it is included fully in this text.

If someone volunteers, I would suggest to draft a UI using Pencil.

General idea

• Ribbon-based UI based on use cases: information collection, paper writing, making camera ready version

  Different types of BibTeX files

See #160

Nicer table layout

sci suggests two have the journal title rendered in two lines similar to Mendeley.

Should also work at unusual setups

• JabRef should present clean colors when using High Contrast White color scheme
• 11in tablet
• 3840x2160 pixels under Gnome 3; HiDPI. See also thread about HiDPI support on jabref-users.

  Implementation

• It should be implemented using JavaFX.
• For icons see #230.
• Ensure that it works with both OpenJDK und OracleJDK.

[tobiasdiez]

Some libraries which might be helpful: Undecorator Get rid of the window border FXRibbon Ribbon

[kubovy]

One idea: What about HTML + CSS + JS. JavaFX application with ribbon and other modern elements, where some elements (e.g. main sidebar, main table, ...) are browsers and the content is done using HTML technologies. There is WebView with WebKit engine in JavaFX. In the future JabRef may provided as a webapp and accessible using tablets, etc. On desktop the user may not notice the difference if done correctly. You can run a even a small app server, e.g. Jetty, in the JavaFX app.