[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 134481] Add control grouping "labeling" to NB Tabbed Interface

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134481

--- Comment #5 from John Mills <jmills59 at yahoo.com> ---
Hello Stuart,

Thank you for that reasoned explanation,I however think we are talking about
two two distinct ideas on discoverability. You refer to 'tooltips' and
'extended tooltips' and indeed if I hover my mouse over the icon I currently
see the name of the icon and I think you mean in the future that I would see a
more detailed explanation of the functionality when I hover the mouse pointer
over the icon.

This is not the point that I was trying to make before. If I want a particular
function in any of the constituent applications and do not know the icon in the
currently implemented 'tooltip' workflow/search I could potentially have to
hover my mouse over every icon in all of the 'tabs' until I find the correct
description/tooltip. This to me is cumbersome and inefficient. Don't get me
wrong that is a very useful feature to have and I will be happy to see the
extended descriptions, it will however not make me find the functionality I
require to perform the given task any quicker.

However, what I am explaining is for the icon groupings to have contextually
grouped descriptions underneath. If I want design, for example, I need no
knowledge of the icon pictorially, I simply navigate to the associated 'design'
section efficiently and quickly. I would then use the 'tooltips' on a small
number of icons to find the functionality required.

I think both of these methods for discoverability should work in tandem for the
benefit of the user. Tooltips only is not efficient. If there is a technical
reason such as the translation issue you mention then I can appreciate the
rational for your decision. However I do not understand the description 'clean
"Tabbed" mode NB UI.'

Is the tabbed compact mode NB UI 'cleaner' as it is smaller vertically? I think
this is somewhat subjective based upon the end users needs and wants. 

As I commented earlier these descriptions underneath the grouped information
sections could be made optional, my opinion is they are useful and add value to
the interface by improving the speed and accuracy of discoverability by
removing unnecessary requirements to memorize many icons. I hope that
explanation makes sense?

I think this also supports the UX-discovery principles on the design wiki.

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Principles  

ux-discovery
Users should be able to discover functionality and information by visually
exploring the interface, they should not be forced to recall information from
memory. [Source: Nielsen]  

Kind regards

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