On Tuesday 23 August 2011 10:43:14 Boudewijn Rempt wrote: > Okay... This is what I came up with for a proposal to send to Celeste. Any > comments? > > ------------------- > > Calligra Season of Usability Project Proposal > > As asked, here's a short writeup of what I think Calligra really needs now > in terms of usability work. First what we don't need: a study that > examines how certain tasks can be executed now in a certain Calligra > application. The purpose of this project is to create an interaction > design for the creation and manipulation of objects. > > _Introduction_ > > Currently, there are two ways to create objects in Calligra: > > * from the "Add Shapes" docker > * using a tool that can create shapes > > Originally, adding shapes from a docker with a collection of shapes was > intended to make it easy to create and save new default settings for a > particular type of shape. Then the new shape would show up in the docker. > We do not have a suitable interaction for actually creating the new shape > defaults, sorting, ordering and tagging them, although the basic code does > exist to create shapes from saved parameters (in several different ways, > even, we couldn't agree on the right way). > > Creating shapes with the a tool was intended to be used only for vector > shapes like lines and calligraphic lines where a user would create many > shapes by drawing on the canvas. > > After creation, the settings of a shape can be manipulated in two ways: > > * by selecting the shape and changing some settings in one or more shape > option dockers * by selecting a tool that can manipulate the shape. Some > tools come with option widgets that set properties on shapes directly. > > By now, more and more option widgets are migrating to tools. > > _Problems we face_ > > * Selecting a shape is quite difficult. Depending on the active tool, a > click can select a shape, manipulate a shape or do nothing. One proposal > is to show a border on hover that when clicked will always select the > shape and that will allow basic manipulation such as dragging and changing > geometry. > > * Creating new default settings for creating new shapes. We don't have > anything for this, with the result that the Add Shapes docker always shows > a set of rather boring defaults and cannot be customized. > > * When working, it's useful to be able to set values and have those values > carried over to the next object you create. We do not support that either. > > _Goal_ > > The goal of this project would be to create an interaction design for > creating and manipulating shapes. The start should be > http://community.kde.org/Calligra/Usability_and_UX/Common/Dockers_vs_ToolO > ptions. Thomas Pfeiffer can work with the students to arrive at a full > plan, while I am volunteering to help with the implementation. Maybe explain what we mean with values/defaults
and remove the: (in several different ways, even, we couldn't agree on the right way) other than that i'm ok with it being shown to celeste _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
