[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 135501] Change the default UI (summaries in comment 67, comment 89, comment 133)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135501

--- Comment #134 from John Mills <jmills59 at yahoo.com> ---

> > Those who are not involved with LO development and news simply have not heard of it and the way to change it is not very prominent so that new users will easily learn that it exists.
> 
> Bug 137931 seems like the solution to that problem...

Hi Eyal, I think this is a very reasonable request and was raised a while back,
the interim solution was to highlight the UI availability as a tip of the day
dialog. While better than nothing it does not have the same emphasis as a user
choice on first startup.

@Heiko : Is this something that could be revisited while future work is
undertaken on the Tabbed UI?

Also to this point:

> To summarize, we more or less agree on the need to finalize the Notebookbar. 
> Stuart's task list in comment 110 could be a start to get developers' wisdom 
> into the discussion. Point is that we have a functionally pretty well-working 
> Standard UI and we should balance the effort for a Ribbon-like interface with 
> the benefit.

Possibly the comments in 110 should be the basis of a 2 step approach for a
longer term solution to aim for. However is there anything that could be done
in the short term so we do not have to wait months or years for discussion and
then developer support/funding? 

@Pedro makes a valid statement in comment 126.

> I am a proponent of the switch WHEN two blockers are solved:
> 1 - Extension support,
> 2 - Get a dev dedicated to work on the UI for proper support.

Is there anything that can be done to support this shorter term approach while
the longer term one is planned for?

Cheers,

John

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