[libreoffice-design] Re: [GSoC] Improve user experience with CMIS – Weekly report #6

[Heiko Tietze]

On Monday 20 July 2015, 08:32:49 Jan Holesovsky wrote:
> * when opening the "Open Remote", and there is no service added yet, the
>   "Add service" dialog should open directly
I wouldn't do so. It's pretty clear that no service has been configured. 
 
> * when opening the "Open Remote" dialog, either the list of files should
>   be populated (using the currently selected service), or some feedback
>   should be given that some user action is expected first
+1 for showing the list of files
(currently the list is updated when an item from the service dropdown is 
selected)

> * [to be discussed in with the UX/Design team] should we have a "Reload"
>   button in the "Open Remote" dialog?  Where, if yes?
No, because there is no reload in any open dialog. If you want to update the 
local files you have to change the directory (likely depending of the OS). 
Should be the same here.
 
> * in the "Open Remote", some kind of feedback "something is happening"
>   is necessary in when reading the list of files from the remote
Yes, a throbber or even better progress bar makes sense here.

> * "Label:" in the "Add service" dialog should pre-file according to the
>   user name; like when the user name is 'johndoe', and the service is
>   GDrive, the Label: should pre-file with "Johndoe's GDrive" or
>   something (with the possibility to change this by the user if he/she
>   wants)
Would be a nice-to-have. But...

+ WebDAV, last entries
I have to enter a user name but below not the password but the service label. 
Users like me might not read the label and enter password here. Since the 
authentification dialog asks again for the user name we could drop it perhaps. 
Otherwise the label should get a different position or a separator.

> * opening file from the recent documents in the start center asks for
>   the user name (would be good to remember that or have that as part of
>   the URL it remembers), and then does not open the file - only the busy
>   mouse pointer keeps rolling
I started from Writer>Recent  documents: Remote and after the first dialog 
with user name and password I wasn't asked again (edit: but after restart). As 
well at the start center.

> * [to be discussed within the UX/Design team] should we merge the Save
>   and Save As buttons now, to have a split button there - Save as the
>   default action, and the Save As File... and Save Remote File... in the
>   submenu?
Isn't it the same problem as for Open?The better solution is to call save 
'Save remotely' - what it does actually right now.
BTW: Save works but 'Save as' gives me a 'The folder contents could not be 
displayed. Operation not supported' error message. Guess it comes from an 
undefined local place (I'm on Linux/KDE). Question here is whether we should 
'save as' locally (/home/<user>; c:\users\<name>\Documents; /Users/<name>) or 
remotely with a different name. 

> * "Remote File" submenu for Save As should be renamed to "Save Remote
>   File..." to give more idea what's going on
Currently 'Save as' works locally. But we could rename Save to 'Save 
remotely'.

> * no "Save Remote File..." submenu in the LibreOffice Impress and Draw

 
+ dialog width restriction is too conservative
I'd like to resize it somewhat smaller to have it in a 4:3 dimension. But 
that's not possible due to minimum width of ~800px.

+ 'add/delete service' should be disabled when no service is selected
Both menu entries are enabled even when no service has been defined.

+ preselection of file type depending on app
Filter is set to 'all files' but could adopted to the running app such as 
presentations in case of Impress.

+ menu
Users might not look for remote files at the recent files menu. However I have 
no idea how to solve this problem. 'Open...' and the default open dialog 
should stay as it is. And another menu entry on the top level doesn't reflect 
the low relevance of CMIS for the average user.

+ speed
At least WebDAV is slow to an unusable extend.

+ info/app title
Might be good to know that a document is opened remotely. I suggest to add 
this info to the title, like 'Foo.odt (Remote) - LibreofficeDev Writer'.

> I am sorry if this feedback comes too early, and all this is actually on
> your todo :-)  Either way - great stuff, love the work done so far!
+1 Impressive progress!