I noticed that there are two "position and size" for different object, is that means we should have different content design for different object type?
2012/11/26 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Manuel del Valle <m...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > NOTE: I really like the "style only" way. In fact, I would love to see > an > > > alternative Writer UI were direct formatting is completely forbidden. > > > Direct formatting is a bad habit that always cause headaches. But > that's > > > just me ;) > > > > > > Regards > > > Ricardo > > > > > > > +1 > > > > I couldn't agree with you more, Ricardo. Perhaps users wouldn't be > > accustomed to it at the beginning, but eventually it becomes a win-win > > situation. > > In my (small) experience, most non-techie users (which are, by the way, a > > vast majority) don't even know styles and, even when you try to introduce > > it to them, or even when they actually do know them, they can't get used > to > > it. They see it as some sort of a "problem" instead of a (very) useful > tool. > > And so, in order to convince them, we end up writing articles like this > > one: > > > > http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/why_should_you_.html > > > > Even when it's quite aged, not much has changed since then regarding > > Styles' UX. > > > > It would be a good idea to try to make it more obvious for users that, > > whenever they write a Title (or anything else), they should "tell" OO > that > > those words put toghether are meant to be a "Title" (or a subtitle, > or...). > > Perhaps presenting it as some kind of "tagging" procedure would be a good > > idea, since users are very used to it as most web "giants" (Facebook, G+, > > GMail, etc) already feature them. And actually showing that tag (some > > transparency over the text, perhaps?) would probably help as well. > > > > That said, perhaps forbidding direct formatting might be a little too > > much. But maybe we could explore the idea of presenting it more clearly > as > > the "second choice". Help users understand that, when direct formatting, > > they are actually overriding an already predefined style (e.g.: "default > > text"). > > IMHO, the way we group tools toghether in a brand new Task pane could > > actually help that purpose. Among other things, of course, but all those > > would be a bit off-topic ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > Manuel > > > > > Hello All, > > I've further refined my proposal for the minimum viable content in support > of the task pane design exploration. > > See: > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Task_Pane_Content_-_Information_Design#Must_Have > > Please keep the great comments, as see above, coming. Ideally, we should be > open to enhancing the task panes and property views for the minimum > vialble, aka "must have" content as we implement this first phase of the > task pane capability. Insight taken from our review comments will help > drive such enhancements. > > Best regards, > Kevin > -- Best regards, Xin Li 李欣 UX designer
