[libreoffice-design] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2017-Aug-03

[Heiko Tietze]

Your voice has been heard, like many other on G+. The change is about the default where today >70% have to switch from 4:3 to widescreen. In future it is the minority including you who has to change the format. The functionality remains as it is.

On 03.08.2017 15:38, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> On 03/08/2017 14:51, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> 
>>  * Switch default to 16:9 in Impress/Draw
>>    + good idea (Heiko), bad idea (Jay)
> 
> I have sent a comment by email but it looks like it has been ignored:
> most conference centers still have 4:3 configurations, so switching to
> 16:9 would be a problem for all people speaking at conferences (with a
> few exceptions). There should be a resizing feature which allows to
> switch from 4:3 to 16:9 without changing the aspect ratio of iterms on
> the slide (which is what happens today). A large slide with more white
> space is not a problem, and is often acceptable, as much as a narrower
> slide with less white space. A large slide with all objects stretched
> orizontally is not acceptable (and needs a lot of rework).
> 
>>    + perhaps make it dependent on the actual screen dimension (Eric)
> 
> This should be a must.
> 

-- 
Dr. Heiko Tietze
UX designer
Tel. +49 (0)179/1268509

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