[Libreoffice-ux-advise] ANNOUNCE: Renaming user-visible strings

2014-09-29 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Someone from the help team approached the design team [1] about how to handle string changes in LibreOffice. The problem is that when we change user-visible strings in LibreOffice, that the help and other documentation needs updating. We decided to create a wiki page which lists all string

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use of Navigation Toolbar

2013-12-10 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, Am 10.12.2013 08:16, schrieb Cor Nouws: I disagree with the latter ;) - as explained those are used. I didn't want to say that the Navigator is undocumented and confusing. I wanted to say that I first thought the Navigation toolbar has something to do with the Navigator. That was

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use of Navigation Toolbar

2013-12-10 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Am 10.12.2013 11:01, schrieb pierre-yves.sa...@laposte.net: Sorry, I missed the survey (no connection during this period). I'm just a little disappointed because today's questions about this bar show that my proposal had not been fully studied... It does not matter

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use of Navigation Toolbar

2013-12-05 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi Regina, thanks for explaining. So what should we do about this one? There's no documentation how to use it and I also find the name of the toolbar very confusing. It reminds me of the Navigator. Samuel Am 04.12.2013 17:38, schrieb Regina Henschel: Hi Samuel, Samuel Mehrbrodt schrieb

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use of Navigation Toolbar

2013-12-04 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, in Writer there is a Navigation toolbar at View-Toolbars-Navigation. I first thought, it has the same function as the Previous and Next buttons in the Navigator, but this is not the case. I don't really understand what these buttons do. The source code looks like it is some kind of

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove the Navigator button below the scrollbar in Writer

2013-12-02 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
wants to vote, please do it until then. Thanks Samuel Am 02.12.2013 08:42, schrieb Cor Nouws: Hi Samuel, all, Samuel Mehrbrodt wrote (30-11-13 15:17) finally it's time to decide how to proceed. I created a poll with (hopefully) all suggestions mentioned in this thread and ask everyone to share

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove the Navigator button below the scrollbar in Writer

2013-12-01 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Ok, I've added that option to the poll. Those who have already entered their choice should update it. Thanks Samuel Am 01.12.2013 11:53, schrieb Jean-Baptiste Faure: Hi Samuel, Le 30/11/2013 15:17, Samuel Mehrbrodt a écrit : Hi, finally it's time to decide how to proceed. I created a poll

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove the Navigator button below the scrollbar in Writer

2013-11-30 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, finally it's time to decide how to proceed. I created a poll with (hopefully) all suggestions mentioned in this thread and ask everyone to share their opinion there: http://doodle.com/pcbb859qgnapxz33 If an option is missing, please let me know. Thanks Samuel Am 14.11.2013 13:02,

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove the Navigator button below the scrollbar in Writer

2013-11-15 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, I created that patch, so let me also share my opinion. The scrollbar is something which height/width depends on the OS and visual theme used. So there are issues where the scrollbar is too small and the widgets are displayed wrongly [1]. Of course there is a use case for the Navigation

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Advice on adding Smart-Art related settings

2013-10-02 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi Jacobo, good to see this being improved. I don't think an option in the Options dialog is the best way to go. Users might not expect it there and think it's a bug that you can't edit SmartArt (because you could before) I have another suggestion: You could disable editing SmartArt by

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Advice on adding Smart-Art related settings

2013-10-02 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
That might be ok for now, but then the default behavior should be as it is now (SmartArt editable). If we have the not-editable Smart-Art as default, we need an easy way to make it editable. Mirek, what do you think? Am 02.10.2013 11:35, schrieb Jacobo Aragunde Pérez: Everything is possible,

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove outdated Gallery images

2013-07-24 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, I created a patch that removes the outdated Gallery images: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/4993 Now there were some objections because of breaking old documents (when people have linked content from the gallery into their documents). Also I removed the bullets which are used in the Bullets

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Remove outdated Gallery images

2013-07-24 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
There is new Content (from Symphony): https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.1#Other Am 24.07.2013 22:48, schrieb Adolfo Jayme Barrientos: I would say that unless we have new content to replace the old, we should not just remove it all for the sake of doing it.

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Pps/ppsx Autplay Presentations

2013-07-20 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
We discussed this topic at the Design chat and came to the conclusion that we offer an item in the context menu of the presentation named Edit Presentation. I'll update the patch accordingly. Thanks Samuel Am 19.07.2013 10:53, schrieb Petr Mladek: Samuel Mehrbrodt píše v Pá 19. 07. 2013 v 10

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] 9 LibreOffice Features You Should Avoid Using

2013-07-12 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/9-libreoffice-features-you-should-avoid-using.html What do you think about these? Maybe a good start to create some new EasyHacks? Samuel ___ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Allow scrolling through Slides by Mouse wheel

2013-04-23 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, can you please have a look at this feature suggestion: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38164 It suggests to copy the behavior of PowerPoint which scrolls through the slides with the mouse wheel (not on the sidepane only, but also the actual edited Slide). It would only move

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] input on changing definition of dark colour for fdo#61993

2013-03-11 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Am 10.03.2013 11:49, schrieb Luke Deller: To see visual examples what I am talking about here, see the example document that I have just added to fdo#61993 with description: 'examples of what is considered dark across a range of colours' Makes perfect sense to me. If we had the choice, I

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Deleting multiple styles at once

2013-02-08 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
AFAIK, you cannot delete a style in use. I admit I have not tested, but if your list contains a style in use it will not be deleted. At some point the user must be warned on his mistake. Then maybe you should test it... because you actually can do it. As said before, the parent style will be

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Deleting multiple styles at once

2013-02-08 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
://www.google.com/search?q=undo+instead+of+confirm for more arguments. Thanks Samuel Am 08.02.2013 13:20, schrieb Joren: Op 08-02-13 13:06, Olivier Hallot schreef: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Samuel Em 08-02-2013 09:49, Samuel Mehrbrodt escreveu: Maybe we should show

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Symphony Clip Art

2013-02-05 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, Lotus Symphony has replaced the Gallery Clip Art with some really nice and modern Images. You can get them as ZIP from here [1]. As Symphony is available under the Apache License [2] , I suggest to include these Clip Art Icons in LibreOffice. Here's a comparison: LibreOffice

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Word completion default value

2013-01-22 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, please have a look at the section Word completion of this article [1]. It suggests to change the default value for Word completion to be shown as tip. What do you think? Could we change this default value? Samuel [1] https://sites.google.com/site/rgbmldcwriterideas/home/default-values

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Spelling Grammar: Field editable

2013-01-09 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
I have two questions about the Spelling and Grammar Dialog: * There is the textfield where the word not in the dictionary is shown, but why is it editable? * And for what is the Undo button? Samuel ___ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Writer Styles Drop-Down problem

2012-12-11 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, please notice the following bug, it's about using white font color in the Styles Drop-Down [1]. What is the best solution for this? Regards, Samuel [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58161 ___ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] New Layout for Insert Table Dialog

2012-11-28 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
I renamed the button AutoFormat to Table Styles. I'm not yet convinced that that is appropriate. Although some real improvements have been mate to the feature last year, I think we need to be more careful with renaming. What do others think about this renaming? Should I revert it? I only

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] New Layout for Insert Table Dialog

2012-11-26 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
It's pushed [1] now and Caolan resolved [2] the remaining issues. I renamed the button AutoFormat to Table Styles. The remaining occurrences [3] of AutoFormat need also renaming. Is there someone willing to do that? I don't have the time for it at the moment. Thanks Samuel [1]

[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use case of Repeat heading in Insert table dialog

2012-11-20 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Hi, in Writer, in the Insert Table Dialog we have an option Repeat heading for the first ... rows. I'm polishing the dialog a bit and I wonder what's the actual use case for this option. Why would someone want to repeat the heading in the first rows? Samuel

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Use case of Repeat heading in Insert table dialog

2012-11-20 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Ah, I see. Thank you! Am 20.11.2012 14:07, schrieb pierre-yves samyn: Hello Samuel Mehrbrodt-2 wrote Why would someone want to repeat the heading in the first rows? To avoid having to replicate Attached is an example RepeatTitle.odt http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4019769

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Fwd: [PATCH] Hide the rulers in Writer by default for a cleaner look]

2012-11-02 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
Personally I would rather use the menu than these small buttons. But if that's the preferred way for you, I can try and do it. Doesn't sound too complicated, also there are already buttons below the vertical scrollbar. Can you give me Code Pointers to that? Thanks Samuel 2012/11/1 Michael

Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Fwd: [PATCH] Hide the rulers in Writer by default for a cleaner look]

2012-11-01 Thread Samuel Mehrbrodt
The patch sets just a different default value, they are still there. Everyone who needs them can still show them via View-Ruler. Just for clarification. Samuel 2012/11/1 Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net Le 01/11/2012 11:32, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi guys,