Re: [libreoffice-design] LibreOffice dialog windows should conform with Linux's Standard "Command Button Layout"

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM, nick rundy <nrundy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> @RGB ES:  Yes, you are absolutely right, I was referring to GNOME. I apologize for my oversight.
> I point out the "command button layout" issue because of what I have seen, which has already been 
> brought up in the discussion. People tend to develop a rote mentality of clicking an area. I 
> often find myself (because I'm used to working on GNOME) moving to the right corner of dialog 
> windows to click OK only to realize last second (while using LibreOffice) that OK is positioned 
> like it is in KDE/Windows. Of course KDE and MS-Windows users automatically will move to the left 
> to select OK because they are conditioned for it.

I don't have that problem, but I've got a different one: I always look
under "Edit" when trying to find the options. After using LibreOffice
for some time, I will suddenly try to find Firefox's preferences under
"Tools". This is very, very annoying to me.
In this case, the KDE behaviour is to have a "Settings" (or
"Preferences") menu ...
Because of that, if the placement of "Options" _in Linux builds_ were
changed to be under "Edit", it wouldn't even feel more alien to KDE
users.


> If changing this layout is a complicated matter Coding-Wise or resources would be better allotted 
> to working on other projects (e.g., I'd rather see bug 39080 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39080  implemented than the command button layout 
> issue I'm speaking of here), then I urge you guys to make that call. But if its not a big 
> headache and other people feel it is important enough to work on, I think conforming the dialog 
> boxes to the "standard button layout" of the desktop (i.e., KDE/Windows, Mac/GNOME) adds to the 
> integration and seamlessness of the LibreOffice UI. Ultimately I just intended for my e-mail to 
> bring this issue to people's attention so there's awareness of it and the powers that be can make 
> a decision on it. :)

I'd rather see button placement changed than the addition of a draft
mode (I like the more physical feel of the standard mode), but that's
me.

Astron.

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