[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 57599] Stop overlapping images

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57599

--- Comment #26 from Ian Lewis <ijl20 at cam.ac.uk> ---
Regarding 'overlap' of images there are basically two options (a) images should
overlap, (b) images should not overlap.

This thread has clearly fallen into a somewhat misguided 'bug vs. feature'
confusion as if these options are equally relevant. The unquestionable truth is
the *simplest* behaviour is to have the images NOT overlap (unless you suggest
HTML made the wrong choice?). At this point some well-meaning programmer will
typically suggest that is simply my personal view and there is no evidence
anyone else thinks the same but frankly that 'option neutrality' rather than
informed emphasis is why usability quirks are so pervasive in software.

In summary the the default behaviour of images overlapping from a simple embed
or cut-and-paste should take the lesson from HTML and assume the user does NOT
want that image to sit under or over some existing image. To have a word
processor fall so easily into the opposite behaviour is so egregious it's a
bug, not a feature.

As a datapoint I just wasted an hour copying this trivially simple readme into
Writer because I was fighting with the default Writer image embedding behaviour
(https://github.com/SmartCambridge/milton_road_study/blob/master/report.md)

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