The Libreoffice UX team discussed possible improvements for the dialog to insert special characters, in particular the feature of recently used items. But today we have more than one solution since the current dialog would still be technology-driven instead of user-centric.…
Month: March 2015
LibreOffice Design Session: CMIS Improvement
Topic of last week’s Libreoffice design session was the integration of content management interoperability services (CMIS). Here is the outcome of this meeting.
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Topic: CMIS Improvement
Bug Tickets/Feature Requests:
- Easy access to online document storage services like Google Drive (tdf#86703)
- Have popular CMIS pre-configured in LO custom dialog (tdf#86699)
Issue/Problem
- CMIS is only accessible through LibreOffice’s custom file dialogs, which isn’t turned on by default
- Setting up a new CMIS entry is not always easy/possible (AskLibO)
- Feature is not visible to the average user
- No straightforward integration into LO dialog (+/Server…, subtypes at CMIS)
- No feedback during connection
- No refresh/sync on changes, at least for Google Drive (LO overrides GD)
Screenshots of current UI
Features/Functional Requirements
- Access from start center (to promote this) and toolbar/menu (for fast and easy use)
- Own dialog since integration into standard dialog is possible but very limited
- Libreoffice file dialog is removed completely (local files are opened via default dialog) and new dialog for remote files is introduced
- Types: WebDAV, ftp, ssh, Windows Share, CMIS (with 10 subtypes incl.
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The Libreoffice UX team started last week with another type of meeting, the design session. The goal is to discuss one issue in detail along with possible solutions, mostly a mockup. This includes a clear description of the issue, functional and non-functional requirements, as well as constraints for the design.…