[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 120269] The descriptions of Safe Mode options are misleading

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120269

--- Comment #16 from Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> ---
I'm really interested what the targeted audience for the wizard was In my
opinion, way to many confusing choices. The wizard should make - more or less -
the decision for people. Instead opening a whole world of possible actions..
You could redirect people to a wiki with or a forum to 'manually' fix things

Even the redesigned mock-up is still to complex. Start with you're grandmother
in mind. [it's generalization, biased, etc]. However it clear what I want to
say.

* Extensions ????
* Hardware acceleration? OpenGL/OpenCL ???? 
* Undo changes made to settings and user interface ????

I personally keep it simple; trashing the whole profile. But i'm not relying on
lots of customization/extensions/replacement lists/macro's etc. So an easy
choice..

I'm of course happy with restore to last known working state. However I
actually trust this option (quite skeptical; yes I try it sometimes, and can
work..). What makes it the last known working state. All those corrupt profile
cases (major updates) with unexplained crashes are running fine. Probably
started more than once before.. Is the last known working state also corrupted?

What does 'reset' extensions do? How do you reset a dictionary? Disable all
user extensions? What the idea about this? People who not aware about the user
installed extensions will not enable them? And if the are disabled, and turned
back on (of course all at once) and everything starts crashing again.. 
Uninstall all user extensions? Quite similar to resetting the 'profile' [Yes,
not the same, I know]

My idea
1. Make a backup of the user profile automatically (preventing something get
lost). And make it a little smarter. Do 'overwrite' a backup automatically. X
has a crash, opens safe mode, clicks on 'backup user profile', resets the
extensions (he uses many). Concludes still not working, goes back to the
wizard, clicks backup again (his extension collection gone.. overwritten)
[Yes, it could contain user information. The whole profile does, always? Or are
we deleting the profile after every close (securely of course...)
2. I would opt for go back to factory settings (full profile) as a default.
Starting point should be fresh LibreOffice profile. Are any numbers about usage
of extensions (except for the default ones)? And numbers about substantial
modifications to the user interface. And people who use replacement lists? 
3. Followed by a list 'except for' the keep the 'advanced' people happy.
The other way around would be of course.. go back to factory settings and
having an option to restore removed elements: extensions, interface
modifications from the backup profile.  
4. The 'disable OpenCL/OpenGL' is a fallback. I think? If someone enters the
wizard a second time quickly after the first instance, it should give a hint to
disable OpenCL/OpenGL or something like that. Or also for cases after replacing
VGA? 

Or we want to be 'smart'. Asking all sorts of questions. And a action based on
that:
Did you install an extension recently (yes, no, don't know)
Did you change your graphic card (yes, no, don't know)
Did you recently upgrade LibreOffice to a next major version.

Being smart is really hard. IMHO

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