[Libreoffice-ux-advise] UX enhancement for using styles (was: Re: LO's styles are more confusing then MSO's)

[Nino Novak]

Am 26.09.2013 22:27, schrieb Cor Nouws:

> I think I agree that it's not ideal. So thanks for the ideas, and let's
> try to work further on drafting what could be improved.

I don't know if this belongs to this thread/list, but...

I always wondered, why clicking on the "bullet list" button creates what
is called a "direct formatting" instead of simply applying the default
list style to the selected paragraph(s).

Wouldn't this be an improvement worth thinking of?

BTW, this idea could also be extended to any of the direct formatting
buttons: why does it do "direct formatting" instead of applying the
corresponding default style? If it did the latter, it might be a
friendlier user experience to apply styles (by just pressing the button).

In the same run, direct formatting could be disempowered by e.g. placing
an intermediate "direct formatting" button in between, which opens a
"direct formatting toolbar" only on demand (i.e. if you really want to
purposely and exceptionally overwrite a style).

Worth filing a (ux?) enhancement request?

Nino