Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Jul-02

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Mihai, Sahil, John, Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Jan, Mike

Tickets/Topics

  * Inform user about missing temporary folder
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164340
    + if configuration is possible we should obey - or inform (Jan)
    + just show an infobar (Heiko, Mihai)
    + changing the temp folder crashes the app, at least on Windows
    => do it

  * Make saving view settings to (Flat/) ODF files optional
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167149
    + low relevance since view settings depend on author data (Mike)
    + use either File > Properties or Options > Security (Heiko)
      + File > Properties removes the author from meta data and making
        the still existing viewsettings obsolete; we could drop it
    + request a toggle at File > Save... (Eyal)
      + strongly against further mutilation of system
        dialogs (Heiko, Mihai)
    + usually there is a function to purged personal data
      from a document (Mihai)
      + sounds good but requires a clean-up of other places (Heiko)
    + we could use a hash number instead of the clear author name; and
      keep the viewsettings (Sahil)
    => comment

  * Apply vertical tabs design with large icons to dialogs with
    less than 6 tabs
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167084
    + VT are nice even on dialogs with 2 tabs (Sahil, John, Mihai)
    + display are mostly widescreen (Mihai) and there is an option
      suggested to switch back to HT (Heiko)
    + icons are an attractor and make the dialogs more usable (Mihai)
    + word wrap might be necessary for l10n (Mihai)
    => do it
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