[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131078] What is the difference between a "Styles deck" and a "Styles window"?

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.documentfoundation.org]

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131078

--- Comment #3 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> See also bug 73151. Guess we don't need input from UX here- the wording
> should be consistent in the UI.
@Heiko Understand the "consistency" principle (and I think that the UI does not
refer either to "deck" or "window") -- but I am seeking concrete practical
advice about which word(s) to use in relation to the actual situation for
"Styles" in the help pages. (or maybe that is also considered UI?)

I understand that "deck" is the "technical" word used by UX- and developers.

1.  Is there a special reason or need to insist on using that word consistently
in the documentation in relation to "Styles"?

Look at these three examples from LO Writer User Guide (where the author(s)
have used "deck" and "window" interchangeably.

I would draw the conclusion that "mere users" (and documentation writers) call
and understand this as a "window".

My concern is that all will be (unnecessarily) confused/uncertain if there is
mention of both a "deck" and a "window" within a sentence or two from each
other.

----
Ex. 1  (p. 179)

Follow these steps to create a new style from a selection:
1) Change the formatting of the object (paragraph, frame, and so on) to your
liking.
2) From the icons at the top of the window, choose the category of style to
create (paragraph, character, and so on).
3) In the document, select the item to save as a style.
4) Go back to the Styles and Formatting deck and click the New Style from
Selection icon, then select New Style from the menu  

Ex. 2   (p. 191)

Style dialog
Open the Styles and Formatting deck in the Sidebar. Select the category of
style you want to create by clicking on the appropriate icon in the top part of
the Styles and Formatting deck.

Right-click in the window and select New from the context menu.

Ex. 3 (p. 207)

Creating a new page style
To create a new page style, open the Styles and Formatting deck and click the
Page Styles icon.
Right-click anywhere in the window and select New.
  ----

2.  In the help pages where both Styles deck and Styles window appear, should
they be left alone?  or if made consistent, to which word?

3.  Should the existing uses of "Styles window" be left unchanged (in the 23
help pages where it already appears) -- to avoid the need for retranslation?  

4.  Or should it be accepted to call this Sidebar object for "Styles window" 
(in the help and documentation)?  (as a way to get consistency with the
miniumum amount of change to help pages -- though partly in conflict with
Writer guide - but not so hard to fix)

5. Or just leave everything as is?  (I have seen a note in another help page
about how LibreOffice is inconsistent in its use of "Numbering Style" and "List
Styles")

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-bugs/attachments/20200307/43fb518b/attachment.htm>