[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Libreoffice] Don't default to 'Selection' in the print dialog in Writer

[Christoph Noack]

Hi Jonathan, all!

Am Donnerstag, den 14.07.2011, 13:17 +0200 schrieb Jonathan Aquilina:
> On 14/07/2011 13:14, Jan Holesovsky wrote:
> > Jonathan Aquilina píše v Čt 14. 07. 2011 v 12:45 +0200:
> >
> >>> This is exactly the behavior I had reverted from the reasons I have
> >>> described; to summarize: somebody who wants to print a selection knows
> >>> what she wants to achieve, but somebody who selected something by
> >>> mistake does not notice the default is to print selection, and is
> >>> confused.

> Re reading what you said here, then set default like the web browsers do 
> and print whole document and if the user knows what s/he is doing then 
> they can take a sec to click on selection instead, no issues what so 
> ever and all parties are satisfied.

Kendy, thanks for the fix, as I already pointed out in our discussion on
the libreoffice-ux-advice list.

But, Jonathan, I doubt that we'll please all parties - especially with
regard to printing. Printing whole documents (which can be much larger
than web pages) is about time and costs - accidentally printing 200
pages is a mess, especially since average users are unable to stop
printing either in the OS or on a printer (anybody tried this on a
MFP?).

Earlier you proposed to show a warning - and Kendy said these aren't
read. Well, I think it is about balance between "information" and
"bothering". There are also other circumstances where hints would be
beneficial.

When I've worked out the today's printing dialog, I created a proposal
how to solve such "in-dialog message needs".

The wiki page:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Printerpullpages/ContextualInformation

The mockup (the quick link):
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/6/6c/PrintDialog_ContextualInformationBar_GeneralDesign.png


So, dear developers, does this look interesting to you? ;-)

Cheers,
Christoph