[Libreoffice] [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Don't default to 'Selection' in the print dialog in Writer

Jan Holesovsky kendy at suse.cz
Thu Jul 14 04:14:42 PDT 2011


Jonathan Aquilina píše v Čt 14. 07. 2011 v 12:45 +0200:

> > This is exactly the behavior I had reverted from the reasons I have
> > described; to summarize: somebody who wants to print a selection knows
> > what she wants to achieve, but somebody who selected something by
> > mistake does not notice the default is to print selection, and is
> > confused.
> >
> why not provide a user with a warning that they have something 
> highlighted and that the highlighted selection will be printed?

Because warnings are annoying and nobody reads them.  Better to do right
defaults.

Regards,
Kendy



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