Howdy, An example of deck and panel usage is in this blog from 2017 https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/02/16/guidelines-for-keyboard-navigation-in-the-sidebar/
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:24 AM Cathy Crumbley <catcr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't have strong opinions about what we should use, but keep in mind > that we need two different terms to describe the subunits of sidebars. > > Thus, at least in other LO guides I have worked on, "decks" are the > equivalent of pages and "panels" are the equivalent of sections of > pages. When I first ran across this usage, I remember thinking that > "deck" seemed a somewhat unusual word for this context while "panel" > seemed like a good choice for either a "page" or a "section." > > An alternative could be to treat sidebars like dialogs, so they would be > composed of pages, with each page containing sections. As someone with > little knowledge of UX language, this would be more user friendly for me. > > However, "deck" and "panel" are already being used in LO documentation. > How important is it to be consistent with other documentation? > > On 5/30/2019 11:32 PM, kees...@libreoffice.org wrote: > > In Dutch we also call it "Paneel" (Panel). > > Don't know if this helps. > > > > Greetings, > > Kees > > > > Dave Barton schreef op 30.05.2019 13:00: > >> Thanks Luke, your input (2c worth) is much appreciated. I am inclined to > >> agree with you on this specific aspect, but I am seeking general > >> consensus from the wider team/community on the standardization of this > >> and other terminologies used in our documentation. > >> > >> Any other opinions about describing sidebar components as "Panels" or > >> "Decks" in the user guides? > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On 27.05.2019 23:02, Luke (gmail) wrote: > >>> My 2c is that Panel is more commonly used and understood by the > >>> average person. > >>> > >>> "Decks" may well be more familiar to those within the UX profession. > >>> > >>> luke > >>> > >>> On 28/5/19 2:00 am, Dave Barton wrote: > >>>> Hi Folks, > >>>> > >>>> I am working to finish my (very slow) review of Jean's revision of > >>>> CG6204. In the process it occurred to me that in this and other guides > >>>> we have mostly used the term "Panel" to reference parts of the > >>>> sidebar, > >>>> whereas the UX/Design folks and some support channels commonly > >>>> refer to > >>>> sidebar "Decks". > >>>> > >>>> While this is definitely not a critical issue, I feel that we > >>>> should as > >>>> far as possible maintain consistency in the terminology we use to > >>>> identify the components of the software's UI. > >>>> > >>>> Any thoughts, or should we discuss at the next meeting? > >>>> > >>>> Dave > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
