[Libreoffice-ux-advise] LO's styles are more confusing then MSO's (Was Re: some thoughts on the Sidebar)

[Pedro]

Hi Cor


Cor Nouws wrote
>> Direct formatting is
>> less effective than using styles but LO's styles are if anything more
>> confusing to the average user than MSO's.
> 
> Hmm. would you mind to explain why that is the case, in your opinion?

Because the direct format button are "in your face" and changing a style
requires clicking 1) left click the Style name (assuming the Style bar is
showing and that the user knows how to get to it); 2) Click Modify; 3)
search for the format option in one out of 12 (!!!)  tabs; 4) Click OK

Example for changing a full paragraph to Bold in direct format: 1) if you
are a keyboard addict as myself just navigate to the beginning of the
Paragraph and press Ctrl+Shift+Down and Ctrl+B. Done! 2) if you are a mouse
user just click at the beginning of the paragraph, drag to the end and
single click on the big B icon. Done!

To do the same with Styles you need to select the Paragraph and at least 5
mouse clicks (assuming you know where Styles are) ;)

BTW I just added an Enhancement Request so that Sidebar is set per
Module/Program
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69534

Best regards,
Pedro



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