On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:43:47 -0400 Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > But if > > we change it it annoys potentially other users. The question is what > > would be the correct and most often wanted default. > > What is the purpose of showing margins, and by extension, seeing text > smaller, (less zoom level)?. Is there any data the user can put on > Margins? change the margin colors? put pictures in margins?. In short: > what use is there for margins taking a sizeable portion of the screen > size? > > I'm not saying we should NOT show margings, after all, in "Optimal > width", a portion of the margins is seen, but not 50-100 pixels of > them, on every side. > > I'm not even saying the view with margins is wrong, maybe someone > wants to look at the "bigger picture". But for TYPING text, "optimal > width" is the best. So, again, why isn't that option the default?. > > Maybe the UX guys can comment?. And yes, I'd love to see a survey. And > even better, some telemetry (like Firefox' ) about how many users, > when typing or browsing text documents, end up viewing the document in > "optimize width" mode). > > Thanks for taking the time to answer, btw. Appreciate it. > Best regards, > > FC > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > - George Orwell Comments can live on the desktop beyond the right margin setting. Also, the margins help one see what the finished page will look like. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
