Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

Le 2010-10-24 11:40, Marc Paré a écrit :
> Le 2010-10-24 08:23, RGB ES a écrit :
>
> > Another example: do you know anyone that use the "send by email"
> > button? Most possible receivers nowadays still use msoffice so using
> > that button have the only effect that new users come to forums asking
> > why the people to whom they sent the file is not able to open it. I
> > think it is better to completely hide that button.

I always remove it, but that's basically because I tend to work in two 
steps.
1. Write the document and save it
2. Write an e-mail and attach the document.


> I don't think this would be a good idea. I actually use it 
> extensively, I know of at least dozens of my clients, professionals 
> and amateurs, who use it. Strategically, this would also be the wrong 
> this to do as we are trying to encourage the use of the OASIS opendoc 
> formats. Why would we then sheepishly hide the button that we 
> advocate? There is also a "Send .doc " button that people may use. I 
> usually tell people to use the send .doc and inform the recipients 
> that there is an opendoc format that will prevent their files from 
> ever being incompatible from MSO. I also encourage them to tell 
> everyone else. We can then all advocate the opendoc formats.

It depends who your clients are. Mine are either computer-illiterate or 
work for companies where some other guy (usually and outside IT 
resource) has set up their computer and locked it. So I get the phone 
call that they can't do anything with the document.

> > Contextual toolbars is a nice feature, but many people hate it because
> > these toolbars appears in front of their documents, floating on non
> > useful positions. The first thing I always do when installing a new
> > OOo/LibO version is to anchor those toolbars to the botom of the
> > window.
>
> I agree with this, they should not be floating. Isn't there a setting 
> for this? Maybe the original setting should be a bottom anchor.
>
> Marc

You can get the contextual toolbars non-floating at the bottom by moving 
them manually the first time they appear. Better to have it done by 
default, however. With regard to buttons, I would suggest less white 
space in/around icons. The way the graphics are sized, we could shave 2 
to 4 pixels in width and height and make those toolbars more compact, 
yet keep graphics the same size.

--
Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net

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