Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Nov-30

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Sahil, Hossein, Bogdan, Heiko
Comments: Charles, John, Stuart, Miklos, Samuel

Tickets/Topics

  * Autofilter enables deselect items automatically when typing a search
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133836
    + Patch https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/159737
    + change All into All Selected (downside is an additional click)
    + add checkbox "[x] Auto Select" (downside is a more heavy UI)
    + consider experienced users who expect current behavior (Ady)
    + check other tools too (Hossein)
    + combining searches is only possible with the new functionality (Bogdan)
    => comment on BZ

  * The term "Track changes" is being used ungrammatically
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158289
    + "Record Track Changes" vs "Record Tracked Changes" or
      "Record Change Tracking"
    + "Change Tracking", and better under tools (Charles, John)
    + term is used by MSO, not worth the effort (Stuart, Heiko)
    + MS Word uses "Track changes" Google Docs: "review suggested
      edits" (Miklos)
    + "Track Changes" sounds good to me, "Manage Change Tracking"
      for example, or "Previous Change Tracking" (Sahil)
    + some effort to implement
    => WF

  * Forced to pick from the existing Impress templates - need to
    ad a Light and a Dark template
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155609
    + possible if background is transparent via Tools > Color >
      Light/Dark (Bogdan, Heiko)
    + still some ambiguity since probably light background is
      expected on export (Hossein)
    + and we ship some dark templates such as Portfolio
    => WFM

  * Copy SVG Code Directly into LibreOffice to Render Pictures
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41119
    + Insert > From Clipboard or Paste Special > As Text
    + why copy/paste the code when you can have the full
      image; better suited for an extension (Samuel)
    + add function similar to "Import MathML from Clipboard" (Regina)
    + allows to tweak and inspect the SVG code (Stuart)
    + wonder what happens when one pastes just a part on top
      of an existing image, -1/WF (Heiko, Hossein)
    + if editing when pasting complex content is the natural next step,
      would we also allow to modify ODF or HTML data (Hossein)
      + Pasting without editing would be meaningless, and those together
        requires big effort (Hossein)
    + not much interest in this feature over the years
    => resolve WF

  * Shapes-via-Gallery is problematic & partially redundant with
    the Shapes sub-toolbars and sidebar
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158253
    + no point in changing the Gallery (Stuart)
    + the Gallery is a place for various content being sorted currently
      by tasks mostly; if we remove the line drawings, for example, it might
      become more polished but we loose functionality; nevertheless
      some items might be worth to challenge (Heiko)
    + categorization is in fact not perfect but providing improvements to
      the Gallery is beyond one ticket (Hossein)
    + not a fan of removing content rather better categorization (Hossein)
    => ticket not actionable => WF
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