[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 135501] Change the default UI (see comment 67)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135501

--- Comment #86 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
I want to support the really crucial point raised by ajlittoz in comment #81.
Regardless of the UI *technology* that would be the default, the discussion
here drives us in a completely wrong direction, and actually should *not*
happen until that point is clarified and resolved.

The *current* UI (menu + toolbars + sidebar) might not be perfect; however,
*current* form of other UIs makes it *much* harder to use styles, which are the
core of LibreOffice. Most advanced features of the suite are based on styles;
so making dealing with styles harder, you make all advanced features even less
accessible and usable by anyone. And note, that advanced features are not only
used by advanced users: any user may receive a document with arbitrary set of
features, including those used by the software to emulate features in a foreign
format. And when your UI makes these features even more awkward to use than
necessary, the conceptual complexity is multiplied, making it a nightmare to
comprehend what is going on.

Any UI, be it tabbed or whatever, must be analyzed from the point of view of
usability with advanced scenarios, keeping in mind that different parts of the
UI must work together to help user understand such features, not fragment them.

So where are the results of such analysis? In the current form, it looks like
we rely on the opinion of users who don't really use the product, but could as
well use WordPad for their needs, to decide if current tabbed UI is ready for
the primetime. Basic users should not be "second class citizens", but power
users should not be just as well.

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