On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Laurence Jeloudev <[email protected]>wrote:
> Mockup link doesn't work. It "works for me"! I wanted to avoid joining it to the message but here it is. On 14/06/2013, at 5:56 PM, Aurélien Naldi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been an irregular user of LibreOffice since the old staroffice > days, > > but also a LaTeX user for longer texts. I would like to share some ideas > on > > realistic improvements for people who want to use styles exclusively. > > > > My main gripe with the current GUI is that everything encourages ad-hoc > > formatting instead of reusing styling. I feel that the use of style > should > > not require using the crowded style dialogs more than ad-hoc formatting. > To > > address this, I propose two main changes: a "style toolbar" to replace > the > > formatting toolbar, and a redesign of the stylist to let us edit common > > properties from the stylist directly (along with some other changes). > Some > > of the proposed things may not be easy to implement now, but I feel that > a > > partial implementation would not be problematic and would greatly improve > > my workflow in LibreOffice. > > > > I'm also a newcomer to this mailing list or to design work, thus let me > > know if I'm doing this wrong! > > Should I open an enhancement request instead of (or in addition to) using > > the mailing list? > > > > You can find a mockup here: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/p2vqqmlj1k4msjx/LO_wireframe.pdf Excuse my > poor artistic skills! > > > > PS: I'm willing to contribute code if there is interest in this kind of > > changes, but would need some guidance. > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
