Re: Re: [libreoffice-design] Shaken, not Stirred (Topics)

Hi Björn, all!

Am Samstag, den 29.01.2011, 20:17 +0100 schrieb Björn Balazs:
> Am Samstag, 29. Januar 2011, 20:05:06 schrieb Christoph Noack:
> > Cool! Now, we really need Björn and you talking to the community via the
> > blog ... [...] 
> > Björn, Paulo, do you both have a blog?
>
> I do - see my footer (not being an utterly active writer though). What needs 
> to happen to get my blog aggreated to http://planet.documentfoundation.org/
> ??? (Ok, next to me starting to blog about LibO :))

Great! I remember ... I didn't know where to start, so I've forwarded
the request to Florian to add OpenUsability.org. Or should the other one
be added as well?

[...]
> > The current advantage: all tasks are handled via the same interface /
> > workflow. So if you know how to do, it is efficient to apply the
> > available knowledge for a variety of field types. The problem the wizard
> > tries to address (in my understanding), is to address less experienced
> > people who want to work with more difficult field types. Here, the
> > correct result is more important than the number of steps.
>
> I actually disagree with your analysis here. The current appraoch is neither 
> fish nor flesh. Neither the process of selecting a certain field not the 
> interface to configure it are optimized, consistent or even transparent.

Of course, optimization is always right :-) What luck that I've
primarily wrote "advantage: all tasks are handled via the same
interface / workflow" - and did not consider it perfect. Phew ;-)))

> Splitting this up into a two step: 1. Wizard to select the field and 2. 
> Provide optimized interfaces for configuration of the different fields will 
> address more and less experienced users in the same way, because it will 
> provide a consistent and transperent way to select the field you need and a 
> suitable interface to configure it. It does not even need to be more steps 
> than before - they only need to be presented in a much clearer manner.
>
> Hopefully tomorrow I will find the time to illustrate my words.

That would be great!

[...]

Cheers,
Christoph


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