[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Jul-02

[Eyal Rozenberg]

So, about the view settings in F/ODT files:

On 02/07/2025 22:06, Heiko Tietze wrote:
 >   * 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

I joined the session after the view-settings-in-flat-ODF was discussed. 
I will just add that the bug's presentation might have missed its main 
point, which is that view settings _themselves_ are potentially 
sensitive personal information. It doesn't matter whether they contain 
the author name or not; and if the user is not aware

* that view settings are saved in the document (rather than, say, in the 
app; or not at all), and/or
* of how view settings may be exploited in certain situations to gain 
knowledge the user would not want disclosed

then they may not think of performing any "purging".

Eyal

> 
>   * 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
>