One of the tasks for the design team is to evaluate enhancement requests on our bugtracker. Most are definitely valuable and improve LibreOffice but sometimes we have to balance effort against benefit. We also have to
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15 Aug 2019
26 Jun 2019
Easyhacking: How to create a new “Tip-Of-The-Day” dialog
LibreOffice is an application with a large number of expert features, and though aimed to be easy to use there are always surprising shortcuts to achieve a goal. We post every day a tip on Twitter,
4 May 2019
Formatted dummy text
The work around user experience often requires to create a minimal working example. Either users report an issue or request enhancements, the comparison with the current situation is necessary. LibreOffice has a built-in feature to create dummy
31 Jan 2019
Overwrite on macOS
The keyboard layout on Apple computers is special and some keys are missing. For example there is no Insert key to toggle between insert and overtype. LibreOffice supports the function and you can switch by clicking
19 Dec 2018
Save the bibliography?
LibreOffice has the capability to add references to a document and finally a bibliographical index, which is essential for scientific publications. The style of references depend on the journal and the discipline. So it is common to
14 Dec 2018
Special Characters: The Final Touch
Last year we revised the workflow to insert special characters. Based on a design proposal the dialog was reimplemented in a Google Summer of Code project by Akshay Deep. The new dialog allows to easily
5 Nov 2018
Quick poll on the design of the Karasa Jaga icon theme
The icon theme Karasa Jaga has been introduced in release 6.1. It was originally created for Sundara OS and is heavily inspired (and derived) from the discontinued Oxygen icon. The icon designer Rizal Muttaqin seeks
8 Aug 2018
What’s new in LibreOffice 6.1 regarding user experience
By Heiko Tietze On 8 August 2018 In Design, Icon Design, User Experience, User Interface, Visual Design
The LibreOffice community regularly publishes new releases, and the latest version, 6.1, is released in August 2018. The design team worked hard to make this release as shiny as it deserves; here’s what we did.
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LibreOffice ships
14 Apr 2018
Easyhacking: How to make a feature optional
By Heiko Tietze On 14 April 2018 In Easyhack
Working on the user experience often means making a feature optional. Some users may need a feature while others may find it distracting. An example is the tooltip shown on tracked changes.
While this tooltip is useful for
28 Feb 2018
Easyhacking: All about terminology
Sometimes you may find galimatias in the user interface such as quirky captions, misleading descriptions, too long or to short texts, and strings that are not compliant to the guideline. Why not take this as the perfect