[Bug 166894] LibreOffice Writer (Tabbed Compact) – Interface Redesign

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166894

--- Comment #6 from V Stuart Foote <vsfoote at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #5)
> (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #3)
>> Sorry, but totally unrealistic. Project has no path to implement and we are
>> limited to use of GTK+ and Glade based UI layout.
>> ... adopting native Qt widgets cross platform, at which point...

> 
> Stuart, if someone back in 2012 would file a bug saying that we need a
> tabbed UI mode, you might have raised similar objections. Not to belittle
> the implementation challenges, but - if people believe that this is a
> worthwhile design and of superior usability, then even if it is far from
> realization, it would serve as a future target, motivating potential work on
> widgets and libraries. After all, we are shipping the tabbed UI despite not
> having a library similar to the MS Ribbon API (and despite many shortcomings
> and bugs in what we do have).

Just stating facts! Spamming BZ with open RFEs and leaving unrealistic requests
floating about does nothing to focus dev and community interest in moving the
project forward or completing needed functionality.

IMHO this remains a -1, either from design or as a UX issue.

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