Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2022-Nov-09

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Rainer, Cor, Regina, Telesto

Tickets/Topics

  * Having "Enable word completion" and "Collect words" options separated
    doesn't make sense to me
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145044
    + collect words without enabling word completion?
    + use collected words without collecting new (Cor)
    + and collect without word completion? (Heiko)
    => better keep it

  * There are no "Deletions in margin" and "Insertions in margin" items
    in some Edit-Track changes submenu
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151665
    + menu access to show TC on/off plus inline vs. margin?
    + replacing the simple show by a choice of four options sounds wrong (Heiko)
    => better keep it simple

  * Better UX to insert and manage playing an audio stream/soundtrack
    in background for entire ODF presentation
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151394
    + slide transition sounds is played until it ends which allows to
      use this feature as background music (Rainer)
    + the access is clunky and hard to figure out, however (Stuart)
      + effect must be finalized before applying the sound
      + must not be "Applied to all slides".
      + can only be applied to the first slide of a sequence
      + looping needs very precise timing
      + audio file is not embedded into the ODF presentation
    + what other features are needed?
      + showing in an automatic presentation until when exactly the music is
        playing having a use case in mind where photos are shown in a loop
      + driving the slide progress per audio with the idea to record a
        presentation
    => introduce an extra dialog/interaction, allow to stop and loop playback

  * Better distinguish shape text from shape name
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151691
    + need to change the naming scheme "<type> '<name>': <text>"
      or do some larger modification
    + don't see a problems here (Regina)
    + better distinguish shape text from shape name (Telesto)
    + replacing the type name with an icon or a thumbnail clutter the dialog
      too much; showing the information in multiple lines or in a tabular view
      might solve this problem - which is not relevant for many - and introduce
      other issues
    => better not change the view

  * Toolbar button for enclosing text in () brackets
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151710
    + UNO command vs. autocorrect function or realize per extension
    + if possible, add as autocorrect function
      + put selected text into brackets with (), [], and {}
      + insert single character if nothing is selected
      + might be confusing that overwriting is not possible and should
        be off by default therefore
    => do it
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