[Libreoffice-ux-advise] simplifying the border width settings

[Michael Stahl]

On 19/11/12 10:32, Daniel Mania wrote:
> Hei hei!
> 
> Why do we "need to keep being compatible" with Microsoft Office at all? 
> 1) Users who switch from Microsoft Office do that for a reason and they 
> should expect some differences!
> 2) Document compatibility is a great idea, but until Microsoft Office 
> import works well enough, there is no point in cluttering up LibreOffice 
> with "legacy options". Anything more complicated than "Hello world" gets 
> messed up after importing it from MSO into LibreOffice.

the whole point of the new borders that were added in LO 3.4 was to
improve the Microsoft Office import/export fidelity.

> How about cleaning up the LibreOffice interface, before introducing 
> additional elements? There are still smaller inconsistencies like the 
> table border button, which is only a pull down menu without a separate 
> pull down menu arrow and an "apply current setting" button next to each 
> other. Or the two different types of rectangle and circle shapes in Calc 
> and Writer ... Even though many of the other irregularities have been 
> cleaned up already.

are you seriously trying to say that you think that the current border
UI that allows setting the width independently of the line style with a
simple text input widget, where many line widths do not actually make
sense for quite a number of line styles (e.g. try setting line widths <
1pt for double border styles and see how they look) is "clean" or
intuitive for the user and we shouldn't think about improving that ?