I totally agree with removing inline toolbar button images for those reasons and others, and I have been removing them from the Writer Guide. Saves a lot of work for the book’s maintainer, too. Jean
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 18:22 Steve (GMail) <stevemfanning...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > First, many apologies if this topic has been discussed before in this > mailing list. I have a suspicion that it may have been, but I could not > locate the thread. > > The Calc Guide contains many cases where a small image is included in a > text paragraph, showing the icon that appears on a toolbar button > mentioned in the paragraph. My view is that these images are undesirable > for the following reasons: > I assume that they are included to help the user to identify the > relevant icon on his screen. However, given that the user is able to > customize his / her copy of LO by selecting from one of many icon sets > (via the Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View dialog), I think that in > many cases the images may hinder a user rather than help. We are in > danger of confusing and delaying him / her by showing an image of an > icon that is not displayed on his / her screen.Because these images are > inevitably taller than the normal line of text, they often cause extra > white space to appear within text paragraphs which I think is ugly and > does not improve readability. > I am not convinced that such images embedded in paragraphs provide the > reader with any useful information or context and would prefer not to > use them. Instead I would make sure that every reference to a toolbar > item names the button correctly and consistently. By correctly, I mean > that we use exactly the name that appears in the button’s tooltip when > using the English(US) version of Calc (omitting any mention of shortcut > key sequences). > > Would anybody object if these images were to be removed when we produce > the 7.0 Calc Guide? > > Regards, > > Steve > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
