2012/5/21 Jean-Francois Nifenecker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jean-francois.nifenecker@laposte.net" target="_blank">jean-francois.nifenecker@laposte.net</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Le 21/05/2012 11:33, Mirek M. a écrit :<div><div class="h5"><br>
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Hi everyone,<br>
I'm wondering -- is there a good reason for creating a spreadsheet with<br>
three sheets by default instead of with one sheet?<br>
I feel that creating three sheets by default unnecessarily increases the<br>
document size and confuses readers of the document, as they have to look<br>
through all three sheets to see if there is additional content -- and<br>
they often don't anymore, as they're used to those two sheets being<br>
empty. That means they're potentially missing out on data should the<br>
creator have chosen to actually use those two additional sheets.<br>
Could we make the default one sheet?<br>
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As for the file size, here's a test I've just done (Lib0 3.3.4):<br>
Open LibO Calc. Enter "A" in Sheet1.A1,<br>
then<br>
Save as-is (3 default sheets), the file size is 7,413 B<br>
Delete the 2 unused sheets, then save. Now the file size is 7,398 B<br>
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-> is a 15 B difference such a big deal?<br></blockquote><div><br>No, not really. But it is unnecessary.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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As for the users' confusion: yes, it might be.</blockquote><div><br>I personally have experience with this -- someone sent me a spreadsheet which did use the second sheet and I was not aware of it, which of course lead to some confusion and frustration.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">OTOH, I think it might also help users understand a spreadsheet can hold more than one sheet.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I disagree. A user should realize that just by looking at the bar with sheets and seeing the plus button next to "Sheet 1".<br>Browsers open with one tab by default -- users don't have a problem understanding that you can have several tabs. And I definitely think browsers should NOT open with three tabs by default.<br>
Or take a look at Impress -- it opens with one slide by default, and people have no problem understanding that they can create another slide, despite the fact that the "+" button is quite far from the slide pane.<br>
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As a result, I'd stay with the current 3 default sheets scheme.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><br></blockquote></div>