Design/Meetings/2022-02-02

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2022/msg00010.html

Minutes
Present: John, Heiko Comments: Justin, Mike, Regina, Telesto, Thomas, Stuart, Mihkel, Bastian, Adolfo, Rizal, Kendy, Csongor

Tickets/Topics

* Writer: Table can be moved to new page, but not back + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144121 + page break is an attribute of the table, it was never possible (Justin) + special handling might be possible (Mike) + only straight-forward solution is to separate pb from table and modify/insert the paragraph before (Heiko) + wonder how other applications do it (John) => WF/NAB

* Manage Changes sidebar in Writer no longer needs to be an experimental feature + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147042 + yes (Kendy) => do it

* Make clear distinction on differences between "Export" and "Save As", and move items in those filters accordingly + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116703 + "save as" has formats for which import and export filter exists; "export" has those for which only export exists (Regina) + not in general true, for example PDF (Mike) + overview of current situation and some options in c16 + remove Export and have everything under SaveAs (Telesto) + lossy formats (no import filter) under Export; option 4 (Thomas) + open document formats at SaveAs everything else at Export, option 1 (Stuart) + bad idea (Csongor), forcing users into a certain format hinders collaboration (John) + keep as it is, option 0 (Mihkel) + Understand Export as some final procedure, a file that can't be    opened again; meaning option 4 (John) + Exporting means that plain Save will not work on this format but was used before (John) => do option 4 and test whether the (export) filter is used as     the actual format for subsequent Save operations

* Icon styles should not modify official application icons in start center (and other relevant places) + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126074 + only one icon (Bastian), themable icons (Adolfo, Mike, Rizal) + proposal for guideline in c15 + brand identification is important; we should aim for consistency across the themes; current icon themes work well (John) => guideline is okay * Adopt new application icons for LibreOffice 7.0 + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132398 => MIME type icons and application icons are part of the theme, the main icon should be reworked