https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150428
Bug ID: 150428
Summary: Document Recovery UX is horrible
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.3.5.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
LibreOffice document recovery (DR for short) breaks UX principles as described
in https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Principles :
0) DR pops up at unexpected times (ux-consistency?): After years of using LO I
couldn't really figure out when DR is triggered, but it regularly comes up when
I don't remember having anything that would worth saving (typically I use LO
for quick preview before switching to MS Office).
1) DR doesn't let me work (ux-interruption): The document I want to open
doesn't come up until I deal with the DR window, even though I try to work with
a completely different document. This is probably the most annoying component.
2) Confusing wording (ux-affordance?): The action buttons on the first DR
screen are called "Start" and "Discard". Since the window appears during the
startup of the application, this is confusing, because "Start" can be
interpreted as continuing starting the application while "Discard" can be
interpreted as discarding this annoying window, while the buttons have opposite
effects.
3a) It takes two confirmations to get over DR (ux-interruption,
ux-visual-hierarchy): I know this should be a safety tradeoff, but it's
*really* annoying to click through not one but to modal dialogs to get to my
document unrelated to DR. It's also not visually easy to tell which button will
result in discarding the document/continuing execution (that can either be
desired or dangerous, so simple red/green coloring wouldn't do I guess).
3b) It takes a confirmation to see recovery result (ux-interruption,
ux-minimalism): Let's say I really did want to recover something. What is the
purpose of making me click Finish in order to my nervously awaited recovery
result can be displayed?
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Save a document
2. Add some content to the document without saving
3. Kill LO
4. Open LO providing a different file (document2) in the command line to
trigger DR
Actual Results:
DR shows up, preventing work on document2.
Expected Results:
I want to be able to work with document2 without blocking modals.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 184fe81b8c8c30d8b5082578aee2fed2ea847c01
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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