Daniel, Your mockup looks okay, but I'm a little confused. You say that duplicate controls are bad, but you included duplicate direct formatting controls in your bottom toolbar. For me, the whole point is to shift controls to the sidebar, and avoid toolbars. I don't think there's any problem with duplicate controls, so long as it's clear they do the same thing.
I don't think it would be unreasonable to have a default sidebar, but make it customizable so that those who wish to can put their own controls where they want them. Far better than trying to divine the correct placement of single controls would be to allow users to create the interface they're comfortable with; the tools I use most often won't be the ones you choose. Most software seems to have headed this way in recent years, and it's a good thing. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/The-Sidebar-Problem-tp4094331p4106167.html Sent from the Design mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
