[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [libreoffice-design] Re: [Writer] Header/footer deletion from the UI

[Christoph Noack]

Hi everyone!

Am Sonntag, den 28.10.2012, 02:34 -0600 schrieb Adolfo Jayme Barrientos:
> I agree, the deletion alert is unnecessary. If the user wants to
> recover the header, they should be able to do so by using the “Undo”
> functionality.

Yes, but it has been kept, because a major problem hasn't been solved
since years ... please see:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboard/Writer_SpecialIndicators#Known_Issues

If anybody could adress this issue first, that would be great!

Kind regards,
Christoph


> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker
> <jean-francois.nifenecker at laposte.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > (not sure whether this goes to design or ux, so I'm flooding both :)
> >
> > LibO version 3.6.4.0+ (Build ID: 2f42a6c)
> > Xubuntu 12.04
> >
> > Writer interface - Using the header (resp. footer) option in the UI
> >
> > If I ask to delete an existing header using the "Header" button, I'm
> > receiving a confirmation dialog informing that the header contents will be
> > lost.
> >
> > I feel that this behaviour is interfeering with the user workflow. IMO, the
> > header deletion should be immediate (if the users asks for that, of course
> > he knows that the contents will disappear!) so that the user can continue
> > working on his document. But, of course, this operation should be undoable
> > (which it is not currently).
> >
> > Thanks for your comments,
> > --
> > Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux
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