On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 17:59 +0200, Astron wrote: > Hi Phil, RGB, Mirek (I'll just post in this thread that Phil forked > instead of the original one), hi everyone else, too (there's a little > survey a -- please answer :) ) > > Okay, first: > > Incidentally, if the user displays facing pages, the page numbers will > > need to be positioned correctly either side of the spread. > > That's correct. So many things one sometimes simply overlooks with UIs. I > agree. > > Next: > > Agree it's a good proposal to show the page number. However, if the > > user has zoomed in or resized their window and can't see the number > > any more, then you end up needing the page number elsewhere on the > > screen as well, and if they can't see all of the page on the screen > > they probably don't want to lose more space to toolbars/statusbars. > > It should still be displayed in the tooltip when moving the > scrollbars. But in my view it could be removed from the status bar (I > never found the page display useful because it's always small and out > of one's view). > > > > I would suggest that the page number floated beside the top left/right > > corner of the *visible* page. Then when you are looking at the bottom > > of page 2 and the top of page 3, you'd see the 2 at the top and the 3 > > beside the corner of page 3. > > That would make the number even more useful, but would make it also > feel less "physical" (if that is a category that even applies to a > number that is diplayed /beside/ a document). It might also get in the > way, because then it wouldn't always be at the top of the page – but > that's probably something minor as long as the number really stays put > until a new number comes in. So yes, that's a good idea. > > > > It could even float on the page with a > > very light colour when the user can't see the document window > > background. > > The page number should, in my view, hide when it's in the way. It > would probably be possible to put the number as a watermark in the > background of pages, but I don't like the idea too much, because it > would confuse users unnecessarily. > When users zoom in, the number should simply be cut off at the edges > and scrollbars shouldn't allow to scroll in the area cut off. Before > trying to argue for this, maybe a little survey could help: > > > THE SURVEY: > 1. What's your screen size and resolution (most of the time)? > 2. What paper format do you use? > 3. Do you work in full-screen? > 4. Do you use any multi-page mode (for instance two pages in one screen? > > > For me, that's: > 1. 14" / 1440 * 900 > 2. A4 (sometimes A5 and A6) > 3. Yes, always. > 4. No.
For my computer 1. 19" 1280x1024 2. Us Letter (8.5"x11") - a little wider than A4 and little shorter 3. Yes 4. No, prefer using document tabs and easy access dock/bar showing open apps. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
