Design/Meetings/2016-01-29

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    Minutes

    Jan 29, 2016; 9:39am Jan Holesovsky-4
    Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-01-29
    * Present: Heiko, Stuart, Jay, Samuel, Kendy
    
    * UI changes integrated since the last meeting:
    
        + Paste Special fix (Maxim)
        + Dropdown for conditional formatting (Maxim)
        + Better visibility of automatic page breaks (akki95)
        + Disable the line arrowheads when non-line object is selected (Rishabh)
        + Usage stats into the file in the user profile (Aybuke)
        + Menus to .xml in Starmath (Maxim)
    
    * GSoC is close again
    
        + https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoC/Ideas
    
        + we should file in the tasks that are completed from the design point of view
            + Table styles, Customization dialog, Sidebar, ...
            + design session stuff : table of contents dialog, symbol dialog, fill dialog
              https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6qJrVIa0SAlcFV0Q2lWMmdUcW8&usp=sharing
            + redesign template manager
              https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JRPNdeHQpgqiqJv8LW-RHOjtHN8EMX0qK98QBnr10Yg/edit?usp=sharing
              https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ri2jznhcQmCtk3cVygEhwN7pi8FkbIVV_OvRQce_n6Y/edit?usp=sharing
    
        + Jay: add a Styles usability improvements section + list the various things to implement to GSoC-next ideas
            + Ahmed, Jay: Brainstorm about some nice / more styles for Calc
              https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/boards/1/topics/493
              [longer term - maybe better to add to the GSoC Styles task?]
            + Jay: Impress also needs more default object styles (only 2 are available)
    
    * Add Illustration and Table caption fields into Insert
    
        + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97303
    
        + Goal is a consistent behavior of objects (Stuart, Heiko)
        + Frames around objects are not essential, but they do provide structure/content that should otherwise come from the object (Stuart)
        + Floating objects, like shapes and images, need a frame around (Jay)
        + Have a dev look into what can be fixed under the hood and see what is possible (Jay)
    
    * Spam at blog
    
        + Commenting is possible at our blog only with manual verification
        + Spam leads to a massive amount of emails
        + Intermediate solution: Checking new comments not immediately (no email when someone post a comment)
        + Future solution: Asked Italo to add a spam preventing plugin (Bubli)
         
    * An alternative print range selection algorithm (Jan-Marek)
    
        + http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/msg07516.html
    
        + Stuart found some issues and informed jmux ( https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89708#c4 )
        + Not stable enough, at least on Windows
        + Quick test with 5.2 from last week: blank pages are shown whether tools settings are on or off (Heiko)  
           
    * Draw problems (Stuart)
    
        + might be interesting to have a survey about what the users actually use Draw for (Tomaž)
            + Heiko will have a look / think this through
        + https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W6aIpZhQo7j33f8W3p_nXLAd6tamwjtUxZFx77jArcU/edit
    
        + Will prepare a draft about the request to participate on the blog, create the survey and share all on the mailing list to get more opinions (Heiko)
    
    * LibreGraphics Meeting (LGM) soon
    
        + in London
        + would be good opportunity to meet other designers and the broader Libre graphics community (Inkscape, GIMP, DIA etc.)