Design/Meetings/2017-06-15

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/msg08397.html

Minutes
Subject: [libreoffice-design] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2017-Jun-15 From: Heiko Tietze Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:09:50 +0200

Present: Muhammet, Cor, Gökhan, Jay, Heiko, Eric

GSoC projects

+ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IPXkYMmyXQzoVUdMpnBeoQdf-LNp5_oNaqfW6OFhxqA/ + Finalization of the design done + What scope is relevant to search? + Filter out items found in the function list, not the category menu (Jay) + The use case is turned from search into filter thereby; wouldn't do this (Heiko)
 * Customization dialog (mkara)

+ hamburger button moved to right side + currently working on new right-side shortcut toolbox + marketing asks to make the NB non-experimental for at least v6.0 + with current progress of student, i am doubtful that we will be able to make it non-experimental (jay) + default should still be the classic toolbar + Long-term project but major features might be implemented (Cor) + GSoC plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xmtJPPnQfEWbccDSRD3-_xAmMGAMELs16VBXe1iLZ7Q/edit
 * Notebookbar (ggurbet)

Tickets

+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104154 + Opinions pro and con a filemanager-like visualization + We've used "Thumbnail" view for both templates, and rendering the MRU to the Start Center, providing a "List" view with full filename & extension has been requested several times, e.g. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95739 and adding that representation as a list for Templates and Recently used documents would add functionality so long as we do not drive + Pro: For a large number of templates a list view is very useful (Cor) + Search is provided for this purpose (Jay) + Still missing a good overview, maybe also sorting capabilities (Cor) + sorting alphabetically the template name does not provide additional functionality (Jay) + It's simply faster to work with a certain amount of templates. + Con: Template manager must not look and act like a file manager (Jay) + it's called a template manager, so add a manage functionality with a list view. Simple (Cor) + we have limited management features both technically and design (Jay) + File manager would be a bottomless pit, we cannot implement all features (Jay) + it's not about a full file manager functionality; no one asks that. + Stuart supported this hezitation about a file manager in c5, c7, c9 and closed the ticket therefore + Con: No other office suite provides a list view for templates (Jay) + then we can start dumping a lot of code. => Listview makes sense only as a detailed view with more than one column + Let's introduce creation date/time and person/department, last modification date/time and person, size, location?, favorite flag... + Include sorting capabilities + Consider hierarchies (Eric)
 * List view for template manager