[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 157006] UX review needed for Options - Writer - Compatibility dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157006

--- Comment #8 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to sdc.blanco from comment #0)
> * better sequencing of options?

I would consider placing all options together and dropping the "like OOo 1.1"
text in favor of the drop-down list box I attached an example of.

>    "Reorganize" is not a good word for the label.  
>     Better label might be "Form dropdown menu like Microsoft".  

That option's phrasing is poor:

1. It describes a prolonged action rather than a setting (and it's probably a
setting - have one kind of "organization" or another kind of "organization")
2. The term "organization" is not clear enough. Is this about the order of
items on the menu?
3. "form menu" - is it a menu that's on forms? Some menu on the settings
dialog, which is itself somewhat like a form? Is it the menu entitled "Form" on
the main menu bar?

and again - don't mention what the compatibility target is, that can be
expressed using the drop-down listbox.

> * general review of option labels for possible improvements/corrections
>      (e.g., bug 141676)

I generally don't like many of them :-)

* Instead of saying "Position objects like in OpenOffice 1.1", "Word-compatible
trailing blanks" - we should try and say _how_ OOo positioned objects, _what_'s
special about Word trailing blanks.
* No commentary in parenthesis please, e.g. "(no longer protects X. You should
do Y)"
* We should not say "for compatibility" in the label for compatibility options.
Of course its for compatibility.


> * is the scroll box really needed?  (i.e., general design/layout of dialog
> can probably be simplified)

That's certainly not a fun design. Perhaps consider two-line options? With the
checkbox on the first line?

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