[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 117463] Create a Dialog that shows up on first boot of Writer/Calc/Impress for the user to pick its default UI

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117463

--- Comment #40 from John Mills <jmills59 at yahoo.com> ---

> What, no! Core tenant of MUFFIN is that it is entirely flexible. We've
> worked hard to make user customization of each LO module independent and
> stateful. A UI choice made in Writer should not impact a choice made in
> Calc. That would be a horrible outcome!

That's an interesting point and I really do see your logic there with the
flexibility and that is commendable, however do we have any data that people
use the interfaces differently across modules? 

I personally think that people like to have consistency across all of the
applications where at all possible. Hence why I suggested previously to have a
dialogue within the tip of the day that asks question about applying the same
interface across all modules. And if required set to no by default for the
reason you stated, however I think most users would want the same interface
everywhere and that is in their best interest to reduce confusion as the user
may well never see this UI tip of the day again and end up with the standard UI
in Calc but a Notebookbar UI in Writer. 


> Otherwise my suggestion to retain the View --> User Interface menu items
> would be the cleanest (and least disruptive) way to integrate any new "UI
> Picker..." dialog into common use.

To me that is the status quo and the whole reason why this request was made in
the first place, so that people would see the available UI choices and
flexibility in LibreOffice front and center. 

I feel that this is better accomplished with a specific first run 'wizard' like
choice, however if the same goal is reached with a 'tip of the day' dialogue
then that will have to suffice. 

Kind regards

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