On 11/04/16 17:00, Wols Lists wrote: > On 11/04/16 10:24, Yousuf 'Jay' Philips wrote: >> On 04/05/2016 05:38 PM, Wols Lists wrote: >>> Just seen this - one little comment ... >>> >>> "Prefer graphical widgets in favor of controls that require the input of >>> an exact value (e.g. an image’s transparency with discrete steps via >>> sliders)." >>> >>> I'm not sure how appropriate it is in these circumstances, but one of >>> the things that drives me up the wall with guis is how you're forced to >>> use sliders/mice so much. A graphical widget should have a button that >>> converts it into an input window - eg I sometimes want to enter colours >>> as pantones. >>> >>> Most people are visual. Most people prefer sliders. Just remember that >>> some of us don't ... :-) That's why I'm a WordPerfect fan - it's so easy >>> to use an input dialog that plonks things *exactly* where you want them >>> rather than dragging and hoping you've dropped it in the right place :-) >> >> Though we will be introducing more graphical widgets, they will be >> accompanied by regular input fields that users can view/input the exact >> value. E.g. the transparency slider and spinbox field in the area >> content panel. >> > That's great. It's just that sometimes us text people get forgotten :-( >
Text input is also important for screen reader users :) I guess you can make a slider accessible, but a text entry will always work better. Best, -- Jacobo Aragunde Software Engineer at Igalia _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
