Hi Cor,
thanks for your feedback. I agree, "inserting" a note when it already
exists feels slightly wrong. The best choice would be to have
alternating menu commands: one is "Insert Note", and "Edit Note" would
be the other.
A hybrid label "Insert/Edit Note", as you suggested, is not my favorite.
It can be confusing, too. At least it makes the user wonder why the
menu has such a strange label.
I like to continue to go with "Insert Note" for both cases. My reasons
are not the best, but at lease I have some.
- Consistency with the main Insert menu.
- Ease of implementation
- Semantical affinity between insert and edit.
- If the user wants to <casual speaking>add some comments</> she chooses
the Insert command. If there is already a comment, she can still
*insert* some new lines of text.
The perfect solution is outlined in the first paragraph above. With my
proposed solution we get still an straight UI that serves the user's needs.
cheers,
Matthias
Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi Mathhias,
Matthias Müller-Prove wrote:
Title : Context Menus in Calc
Location: http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/menus/ContextMenus.odt
Status : preliminary for OOo 2.1
Abstract: The context menu for Calc cells contains commands to manage
notes. Terminology changes make is easier to insert and delete entire
rows and columns.
Comments: fresh new spec. We'll wait some days for feedback before
implementation starts.
Looks good, a fine improvement.
One remark:
<Quote>Insert Note is the same command as Insert>Note in the main menu
structure. If the cell does not contain a note a new note is created. If
the cell already contains a note, then this note is displayed for
edit.</Quote>
The wording 'Insert/Edit Note' might be clearer about what the user can
expect.
Of course this also applies for the Insert-menu item.
Until I read this specs, I thought I had to a) show the note, b) click
into it, in order to be able to edit. :-)
Kindest Regards,
Cor
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