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In our whiteboard we list open topics at the design team. Volunteers find very simple tasks up to projects that fits the Google Summer of Code, for instance.

The expertise spectrum is roughly:

Simple: No need to be an usability expert, no coding knowledge required; some tasks makes it necessary to get the source code and edit ui files per Glade
Usability: Analysing workflows, read and understand bug reports, abstract information into generic solutions, scribble mockups; however mostly discussion with folks where no special knowledge is needed
Code/GSoC: C++/XML,Python etc., tasks that are done in GSoC or similar campaigns

Topic	Task	Expertise	Remarks
Icons	Find and apply a better icon for the installer	Simple	Follow tdf#103677 "Installer image has low colour for today's standards"
Dialogs	Define guidelines for visual appearance	Usability	(Re)size, alignment, indentation etc.; Left or right aligned labels: tdf#99104; confirmation buttons: tdf#103574
UI	Rework of Math' sidebar	Usability	Make a proposal for a common sidebar in Math; integrate a formula editor tdf#92171; tdf#99169; tdf#125931
Dialogs	Preset/discuss dialog guidelines with community	Simple	Draft and publish blog post
Dialogs	Check super ticket tdf#102019 as well as tdf#101912 and apply guidelines to all dialogs	Simple	Install/run Glade and find the right ui files
Dialogs	Combine various object formatting dialogs into one single dialog tdf#87653	Usability	Scribble mockups to check if the existing tabs can be combined easily or if another hierarchy is needed
OO Shapes	Rework new Gallery concept	Usability	Just check if all is fine, meta ticket: tdf#99671
OO Shapes	Implement new Gallery	Code	New Shapes Tab: tdf#87643 GSoC: Revamp the gallery tool
OO Shapes	Define a unique branding	Simple	For example 2D/3D, colorized/grayscale etc.
OO Shapes	Implement OO shapes according tickets	Simple	Following prioritization and branding
OO Shapes	Consider an inbuilt shapes editor	Usability	hacking values in an external editor is awkward; to manipulate existing oo shapes it would be needed; tdf#101862; consider also block arcs tdf#100596
OO Shapes	Consider a shapes style	Usability	E.g. to quickly switch from style “Windows” to “Gnome” and apply this to the “button shape” Custom shapes with multiple colors: tdf#103298
Bibliography	Collect requirements	Simple	Analyze bugzilla, meta ticket: tdf#101258, compare competitors (e.g. Mendeley)
Bibliography	Improve workflow of adding an entry to bibliography	Usability	Better UI, e.g. wizard-like; Import/Export formats Automatically fill out missing items; parse data from existing document, query by DOI number etc."
Bibliography	Improve workflow of adding bibliography entries into documents	Usability	Adding entries like in Mendeley,. Easy at least with search capabilities
Bibliography	Improve TOC dialog	Usability	Perhaps it’s better to have a dialog dedicated for this task only
Bibliography	Quickly switch bibliography style	Usability	Quickly switch between styles requested from various journals
Bibliography	Implement outcome of usability efforts	Code	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IQ2_dFlWodb3NI9VFy1l4_ZmKpJgoyATYvOmB-0yUcY/edit No final concept yet, but the task is listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface
Draw	Introduce auto generation of block diagram	Usability	Find a nice solution to automatical flow chart generation, aka smart art; meta ticket: tdf#99669
Draw	3D dialog	Usability	Revamp 3D dialog tdf#53866
Draw	Improve object selection and alignment	Usability	https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/07/31/how-the-navigator-may-support-object-handling-in-libreoffice-draw/ meta: tdf#100155
Draw	Requirements to “Improve Connector handling”	Usability	Analyze bugzilla, meta: tdf#99649
Draw	Requirements to “Enhance Draw's user experience”	Usability	Analyze bugzilla, meta: tdf#100023
Draw	Requirements to “Improve Layer Handling”	Usability	Analyze bugzilla, meta: tdf#99648
Icons	UI integration of 32px icon themes	Simple	32px icons: tdf#95014
HIG	Visual branding guideline	Simple	Analyze what has been done on the wiki and update the HIG accordingly; align with visual designers
Menus	Apply context menu guidelines	Simple	meta: tdf#86349
Options	Rework the dialog	Usability	"All modules: tdf#101609 First steps made here and here"
UI	Simple conversion of measurement units	Usability	Find a nice solution at best to quickly switch inline between various unit systems, meta: tdf#72662
UI	High precise object position	Usability	Find a nice solution to numerical input including unit conversation and arbitrary precision for tdf#44267
Writer	Hyperlink dialog	Usability	Find a nice solution for tdf#90679
UI	Revamp print dialog	Code	http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/UX-PrintDialog, Task listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface
UI	Table of Contents: Entries tab	Code	GDoc, Blog post; Task listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface
UI	Special characters dialog	Code	GDoc, blog post; Task listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface
UI	Improve handling of AutoText	Code	No concept yet, but the task is listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface
UI	Application Themes	Code	GDoc; Task listed as GSoC idea under User_Interface