Public bug reported:
The LibreOffice icons are poorly designed and too hard to see in the latest
Ubuntu 16.04 version of LibreOffice (5.1.4.2). The problems are that
* the red colour on the menu is misleading as it suggests that the button is to
control border colour, but it's not.
* the grey background fill inside the icons is quite dark and makes it
difficult to distinguish the subtle difference in border shapes on the
different icon options
* the white colour used to imply the absence of a border doesn't have any
visual correspondence to how borderless cells appear in the main window (they
don't appear white; they appear black and thin)
I suggest reverting to the earlier icons, which were much easier to see,
and I suggest a more general review of the icons being distributed with
LibreOffice, because this issue is likely to cause significantly reduced
usability especially for older users.
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: chrome icons usability
** Attachment added: "screenshot"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605987/+attachment/4706312/+files/border-icons-hard-to-see.png
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Title:
libreoffice icons too hard to see
Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The LibreOffice icons are poorly designed and too hard to see in the latest
Ubuntu 16.04 version of LibreOffice (5.1.4.2). The problems are that
* the red colour on the menu is misleading as it suggests that the button is
to control border colour, but it's not.
* the grey background fill inside the icons is quite dark and makes it
difficult to distinguish the subtle difference in border shapes on the
different icon options
* the white colour used to imply the absence of a border doesn't have any
visual correspondence to how borderless cells appear in the main window (they
don't appear white; they appear black and thin)
I suggest reverting to the earlier icons, which were much easier to
see, and I suggest a more general review of the icons being
distributed with LibreOffice, because this issue is likely to cause
significantly reduced usability especially for older users.
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