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.…
26 Mar 2015
19 Mar 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.
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.
12 Mar 2015
LibreOffice Design Session: Entries at Indexes and Tables
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.…
19 Feb 2015
Tracking changes with LibreOffice
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.…
22 Jan 2015
How to make LibreOffice Customization usable
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.…
27 Dec 2014
How people utilize LibreOffice Impress
In the last couple of weeks, we have run surveys for Writer and Calc in order to gather user feedback on optimizations we were making to the toolbar and applications. So here are the results of our recent survey analysis for Impress.…
20 Nov 2014
Results of survey about LibreOffice Calc’s toolbar configuration
Our goal is to unclutter the toolbars from functions that are rarely used and to add those that are more frequently used. In order to verify improvements that we were making to LibreOffice Calc’s we asked users about their needs and preferences toolbars.…
13 Nov 2014
How designers think about ‘Save as…’
The metaphor of a floppy for Save is one of the most controversially discussed and challenged icons. There are haters who argue that many younger people never have seen a floppy (except at the Save icons). And there are lovers who favor the clear and unique depiction of the floppy.…
8 Nov 2014
Standard toolbar in LibreOffice
Recently we run a short survey about preferences in LibreOffice. In this posting, we present the results and discuss our conclusions.
This article was posted first on 2014-Nov-08 at user-prompt.com (site closed now).
Introduction
Our goal is to update Libreoffice’s default toolbars by removing seldom used icons in order to give room for more useful functions.…
26 Apr 2013
Tip the tool: How to label toolbar functions
Toolbar functions should be labeled consistently starting with a verb which is followed by noun or adverb. We present recommendations to label the functions on LibreOffice’ standard toolbar.
This article was posted first on 2013-Apr-26 at user-prompt.com (site closed now).
Naming Convention
Suitability for learning and self-descriptiveness, two of the basic usability goals, depend largely on the information users can read directly.…