Author: Heiko Tietze

Libreoffice Draw was treated somewhat novercally in last time. But we didn’t forget it and started to pimp its look and feel. This design session was about moving the stencils from the shapes toolbar into the sidebar. And of course not only Libreoffice Draw benefits from this effort.…

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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.…

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Topic of last week’s Libreoffice design session was the integration of content management interoperability services (CMIS). Here is the outcome of this meeting.

This article was posted first on 2015-Mar-19 at user-prompt.com (site closed now)

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.…

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The Libreoffice UX team shows a proposal for the management of change tracking. It intends to have a comprehensive and good-looking overview but with the flexibility to add future enhancements.

This article was posted first on 2015-Feb-19 at user-prompt.com (site closed now)

Introduction

Track changes is an essential feature that separates word processors from simple text editors.…

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Libreoffice customization is quite powerful in terms of functionality but has some room for improvement regarding usability. This blog post starts the discussion about requirements with the current scope and shows some mockups that might be an improvement to the current design.…

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