Design/Meetings/2016-06-03

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    Minutes

    Jun 03, 2016; 8:25am Heiko Tietze-2
    Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-Jun-03
    
    Present:
        + Heiko, Kendy, Akshay, Susobhan, Bubli, Jay, Samuel
    
    Easy hack that need code pointers
        + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53391 (draw save as presentation)
    
    Google Summer of Code
    
      * Template Manager (Akshay)
            + List view for Template manager tdf#63256
                + what is the benefit? (Jay)
                    + users demand that - to see the paths, and fit more on the screen (Samuel)
                    + inspired by a bugreport (Samuel)
                + the main point is to see the previews (Jay)
                    + scrolling not an issue - there is 'search' (Jay)
                + of course file manager has a different demands, there it makes sense (Jay)
                + could be done: split view - list on the left, previews on the right (Heiko)
            + Removal of bottom controls in Template Selection dialog + other controls to be added
            + is that on by default (that every user sees that when launching impress)? (Kendy)
                + it is off by default, happy about that (Kendy)
                    + prefer a button in a toolbar (or something), instead of starting
                      with a modal dialog (Kendy)
                + should be on by default with easy means of disabling (Jay)
                    + would prefer a re-think of how people create documents (Kendy)
                    + ie. how the people open "presentation app"
                    + or info bar - but I hate modal dialogs ;-) (Kendy)
                    + have a doc about the 'new document interaction' (Jay)
                        + https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ri2jznhcQmCtk3cVygEhwN7pi8FkbIVV_OvRQce_n6Y
            + template wizard removed in master (Samuel)
                + but decided not to touch 5.2 (Samuel)
                + past the feature freeze anyway, would need some additional approvals (Kendy)
            + probably not a prio now? (Heiko)
                + let's involve the original bugreporters, and check with them if the improved template
                  manager now fits their needs (Jay / Samuel)
                + will comment in the bug (Samuel)
    
      * Progress of Area Fill project (Rishabh)
          + Bubli is concerned about feature loss when CMYK would be removed
          + Keep the code and remove the access to it UI-wise; not simple because there are some bugs
            + Option 1: Do it, decided by UX team - (samuel, jay, heiko)
            + Option 2: Ask via design ML
            + Option 3: Ask via G+ survey - (bubli)
            -> remove access in the UI, keep the code to be removed later
            -> tell people in the upcoming blog post
          + Color picker needs some time
          + Pattern: large number of predefined patterns to aim for compatibility or have a smaller number for simplicity
          + Hatching: remove this in favor of (better) patterns
    
      * Progress of Sidebar Improvements (Susobhan)
          + Still working on page deck, header/footer panel
          + Input from Writer hacker is needed
          + Two panels under review (page format - goes into master, page margin - issue with duplicated code)
          + Page content panel on Properties deck will be removed soon; new page deck is comming
          + Planned: outstanding issues in area panel - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90078
    
    Enhancements and proposals
      * Automatic creation of screenshots (bubli)
        + Automatically create screenshots of every LibO dialog; manual screenshots will be an addition, + screenshot annotation
        + https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2015/12/16/tender-for-automated-helpdocumentation-screenshot-creation-201512-06/
        + Mockup follows next week (bubli)
     
    Gallery: Integration of additional symbol sets
          * Wallpaper added to whiteboard
          * Computer/Network added to whiteboard
     
    Draw
      * META/SUPERMETA
        + renamed SUB META into META and two META into SUPER
        + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?component=Draw&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&short_desc=[META]%20[SUPER]&short_desc_type=anywordssubstr
      * Statistics (2011..2015)
        + Number of new enhancements 12, 19, 18, 21, (32)
        + Number of closed enhancements 11, 15, 16, 12, (14)
    
    UX
      * ux-advise statistics (2011..2016)
        + New tickets: 12,7,28,97,202,(36)
        + Closed tickets: 4,5,16,61,60,(6)
      * needsUXEval statistics (2011..2016)
        + New tickets: 7,3,2,10,8,(43)
        + Closed tickets: 1,0,0,1,2,(6)  
    
    Events
        + Registered for LibO Conf (Heiko)
        + Talk about "How users operate LibreOffice Draw" (https://docs.google.com/document/d/160R5eO1P2We5wPJoXjOsC1bmCFDJDZyXr-CeN75noJE/edit?usp=sharing )