User:Regina/DraftFacetsOfSettingsInToolOptions

This is collection of facets to consider when reworking the options dialog. Feel free to improve this collection.

Definition

 * What is the setting expect to do, does a specification exists?
 * What does the setting actual?
 * What kind of values are possible for the setting?
 * What range of values is actual possible? Has the setting a default value?
 * Is the setting general, or is it only meaningful in context of a special module or special other settings?

User

 * Does nearly every user needs this setting?
 * Is the setting needed for special kind of users (e.g. disabled) or for special kind of user environment (e.g. PC in schools)?
 * How often needs the user change this setting?

Document

 * Does opening a document mirrors values of the document to the setting?
 * Does the setting change a document while opening?
 * Does the setting influence the content of the saved document?
 * Is the setting needed for compatibility to older versions?
 * Is the setting needed for compatibility to MS Office documents?
 * Does the setting influence values, which are “Application dependent” in the ODF1.2 standard.

Administrator

 * Is presetting/changing via configuration file possible?
 * Is enabling/disabling via configuration file possible?
 * Are those administrative actions possible via macro?

File Format

 * Does the setting belong to the ODF file format?
 * Is the setting stored inside the file, but does not belong to ODF?
 * Is the setting only stored in the user folder?
 * Does the setting affect new documents?
 * Does the setting affect existing documents?

Operating System and Hardware

 * Does the setting itself depend on the OS?
 * Does the value of the setting depend on OS? Which default is set in the OS?
 * Does the OS has a similar setting? Are those values mirrored to the setting?
 * Does special hardware needs the setting?
 * Does the hardware influence the values of the setting?

Locale

 * Does the setting depend on the language of the OS, or on the locale of the OS?
 * Does the setting depend on the language of LibreOffice UI?
 * Does it depend on the local set in another place in the dialog?
 * Does the setting depend on the default language of the document?