[Libreoffice] [UX] LO status bar annoyances

Thorsten Behrens thb at documentfoundation.org
Tue Nov 30 07:11:06 PST 2010


Kohei Yoshida wrote:
> >   b) We warn when closing a modified doc anyway, so there is no need to
> >      always warn me and use up precious space. I propose to just do away
> >      with it.
> 
> Sorry I have to disagree there.  I'm the one who put that icon there,
> and the reason for that was to have a visually obvious way to tell
> whether or not the document is currently modified.
>
Hi Kohei,

ok, but maybe there are other means to get that info across? The
status bar, generally, uses up precious horizontal screen real
estate, for very little benefit.

Cheers,

-- Thorsten, who likes the '*' prefix on the window title bar
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