Design/Meetings/2025-09-24
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https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2025/msg00087.html
Minutes
Present: Eyal, Sahil, Heiko
Tickets/Topics
* [META] Notebookbar: bugs and enhancements
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102062
+ Missing flexibility
+ load/save custom or default User Interface UI layout variants
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148121
+ Change default UI
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135501
+ dislike the Notebookbar as all commands are crammed into a small area
with no white-space, no label, I have to understand the icons very well;
need to switch tabs is often annoying (Heiko)
+ onlyoffice does better with a plain list of functions per menubutton
at the Insert tab, for example (Eyal)
+ those buttons and in particular more nicely designed floating widgets
like for special characters are desirable (Heiko)
* MSO shows details/more options in the expanded menus or the widgets
which leads to a more plain primary UI (Sahil)
* better order of content and labeled categories helps a lot (Eyal)
* the appearance is responsive and changes the button size depending on
the available space (Sahil)
* our tabs don't look like physical tabs (Eyal)
+ unlike other applications we use system colors (not sure about
this though) (Heiko)
+ different toolkits (Sahil)
* problems are clear but what can we do? (Heiko)
+ dedicated strings for Notebookbars (Heiko)
+ variable color for the NB and tabs (Heiko)
+ add labels to categories, and perhaps restructure the content
so we can label the content (Heiko)
+ survey the Insert tab content with usability methods and
statistics (Eyal)
+ introduce more/better menubutton and widgets (Eyal)
+ tag more requests as easy hacks (Eyal)