Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-May-02

[Heiko Tietze]

Present:  Sahil, Eyal, Cor, Heiko
Comments: Seth, Stephane, Stuart, Jim

Tickets/Topics

  * Rename "Navigation" toolbar to clarify its role, avoid confusion,
    and relate to "Recency"
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160732
    + "Position History" (Seth, Stuart, Jim, Eyal)
    + also in the Navigator dropdown (Stephane, Jim, Stuart)
    => no concerns, do it

  * Implement "recency" navigation for Calc module and make available
    from TB or Sidebar Navigator
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160505
    + limit to named ranges, objects, etc. but not every cell (Heiko)
    + request does not seem to have a significant/compelling use case (Cor)
    + Can identify a reasonable use case, not sure about how frequently it's
      encountered. Would like to have heard more from Petros (Eyal)
    + no harm in having such a feature though
    => keep it with low priority

  * Column resize handle touch-target too small
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160324
    + it is about 3-4 px and should be larger (Miguel, Michael, Eyal)
    + perhaps make it zoom dependent (Heiko)
    + wonder if the hit-area is dpi-dependent (Heiko)
    + might be problematic for hidden or small columns (Heiko)
      + we should test it (Cor)
    => give it a try

  * Offer to download & install missing fonts from online sources
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159950
    + TDF cannot host non-free fonts, cloud-sharing might work (Stuart)
    + unclear what 'relevant online sources' means (Cor)
    + ideally to be done per extension, either storing content on the
      TDF site or as forward request (Heiko)
    + font management is rather up to the OS/DE; we may support this (Heiko)
    + extension is not least not the solution therefore since we
      would download the ttf/otf and execute the system's installer (Eyal)
    + repository should allow downloading of plain font to make
      easy installation possible (Eyal)
    + topic has been discussed extensively before, eg in tdf#78186, 91886,
      113496, or 146291 (Heiko)
      + see also 
https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/10/21/dealing-with-missing-fonts/
    => feature is definitely desirable and ideally become combined
      with a previously filed ticket
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