Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Jul-03

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Eyal, Sahil, Rafael, Bogdan, John, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Cor, bdac

Tickets/Topics

  * Extending safe mode
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161249
    + request is to migrate some of the version 6 user settings to version 24
    + rather restructure the user profile (Stuart)
    + would export/import a user profile apart from the safe mode dialog (Eyal)
    + safe mode dialog is hard to use (Rafael, Heiko)
      + proposal at https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/Zj8nsETFTyPgeEB
    + missing feature to load an archived profile (Rafael)
    + access to each and every setting is dangerous (Rafael)
    + rather worth an extension (Heiko) or a stand-alone tool (Eyal)
    => WF; the dialog needs to receive an overhaul and has to become
      easier to use

  * Unexpected Selecting when character is selected and use TAB
    to move to next cell
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161455
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118698
    + not a bug (Cor, bdac, Stuart)
    + no good reason to not extend the selection beyond it's unusual (Heiko)
    + perhaps thinking about the moving concept (Eyal)
    + how about use shift+tab to extend selection and move with plain tab (Eyal)
    + downside is that we change established key combinations (Eyal)
    + afraid of conflicts with OS; "don't mess with tab" (Heiko)
    + shift+tab unselects backwards
    + feels like a bug, in particular after the end of the table is reached (Rafael)
      + happens also when the selection is done per shift+arrow (Heiko)
        + and that feels like a bug too (Eyal)
      + not really a convenience feature as the same might be achieved with
        shift+arrow
    + simply press esc and get the expected tab interaction (Sahil)
    => WF, or not

  * Functionality request for Writer: improve dialog "Insert index entry"
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43530
    + META in bug 122497 (Stuart)
    + usual autocompletion of lists; IOW the dropdown has an entry
      starting with BAR (Heiko)
    + probably caused by unclear labels (Eyal)
    + maybe tooltips help (Eyal) or forward to documentation (Heiko)
    => resolve WF (with request to reopen with more details)

  * Improve/create visibility for font fallback lists in the UI
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161378
    + no reason to adjust or expand usage (Stuart)
    + bug is about lists of font families (Eyal)
    + font families are unclear to me; sounds like a legacy (Heiko)
    => no expertise in the group, comments on final proposal
      might be possible
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