Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Jul-05

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Lupe, Bogdan, John, Rizal, Heiko
Comments: Jean-Baptiste, Ady, Eyal, Hossein, Mike, Eike, Ilmari


Tickets/Topics

  * default file names when printing workbook in PDF
    SUGGESTION : default file names when printing workbook in PDF
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144207
    + automatically suggest a PDF file name
      + the first words of a text document does not express generally
        the contains of the document, might be sensitive (Jean-Baptiste)
      + we name documents "Untitled" when saving (Heiko)
      => don't do
   + automatically create several PDF files according to the choice indicated
     + add a checkbox below and indented under All with "[ ] Split workbook and
       create individual PDFs for every sheet", or the like (Heiko)
     + no harm in it but shouldn't be the default (John)
     => do it

  * Hash marks that indicate "cell too narrow" should expand according
    to the cell width
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155886
    + agree with a _minimum_ of three # marks (Ady)
    + clutters the spreadsheet (Heiko)
    + filling with ##'s is better then having the arbitrary
      three #'s (Eyal, Hossein)
    + three hashes are easier to spot (Lupe)
    + unclear use case (John)
    => comment

  * Warning dialog shows only once for "Record changes"
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147980
    + not only about *protection* of the recording, but also
      about *controlling* (Mike)
    + add wording about the destructive nature of the action
      in the Calc case (Eike)
    + consider removing this checkbox entirely (Eyal)
    + unclear what is being destroyed (John)
    => investigate and suggest a text

  * "replace custom styles" option in AutoCorrect should be removed
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140024
    + agree (Stuart, Heiko)
    + totally unclear, "Custom Styles" could be Direct Formatting (Eyal)
    + removing it wouldn't be realized by many users anyway (John)
    + the lately introduced Spotlight feature shows styles clearly (Heiko)
    + use case is maybe on receiving a document from someone else
      all "alien" styles can be converted at once (Rizal)
      + rename the option maybe (Rizal)
      + perfectly clear (Heiko, John)
      + should be better switched off by default
    => forward to documentation with suggestion to add an example

  * proposal-option to remove whitespace characters (other than space)
    in "paste special", "clear direct formatting", Format->Text and
    in import dialog box
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148544
    + clean() and trim() work well (Ilmari)
    + objective easy to achieve with inbuilt functions (Ady)
      + Users could also mark the undesired character as separator
        in the import dialogue and also check Merge delimiters
    + unclear use case (Eyal)
    + typically not added intentionally and suggested option
      would be convenient (Stuart, Rizal)
    => suggest to keep ticket open and wait for supporters
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