Design/Meetings/2016-01-29

Link
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Minutes-of-the-Design-Hangout-2016-01-29-tc4173429.html

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.)