Re: [libreoffice-design] Rework of the "Templates and documents" dialogue

Hi Mirek,

Am 09.03.2012 23:17, schrieb Mirek M.:
>
>
> Given that both Windows and Gnome, and maybe Android, plan to be usable
> with both, it's a goal we should have.

You've got a point there.
>
>>
>> How would you be able to display the template information when using
>> single click? Maybe the Details drop-down should simply be hidden 
when one
>> is using a touch device.
>>
>
> Details could be shown:
> * On hover -- within a pane docked to the bottom, a floating tooltip, 
as a
> transparent overlay over the thumbnail, or triggered by a small "i" icon
> that would appear on hover over a thumbnail.
> * On selection (under the selection mode).
>
> No need for double-click.

I don't get really this. 'Hovering' does not exist on touch interfaces,
right? How would this work?
>
>
>>
>> I think I'll merge the edit mode with what you descibed for deleting 
them.
>>
>
> I'd still prefer if you only had a selection mode. Gnome has put quite a
> lot of thought into the Selection mode -- see the "Selections and
> Contextual Actions" section of
> 
http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/a-new-approach-to-gnome-application-design,
> and it's great.
>
> If you have to have an edit mode, though, please use the standard pencil
> icon.
>
What would the selection mode be used for if not editing the library of
templates? What would be the difference?

>
>
>>
>> Also, the 'Show categories' checkbox is only shown when in edit mode. I
>> don't know how often that wpould be used, so it might be a better 
choice to
>> put that option in the toolbar, as you said.
>>
>> Regarding the management of the categories: This would be done in 
the edit
>> mode as well, I just hadn't it added to the mock-up yet. I'll do so now.
>>
>> I have another question: How should favorites and recently used 
templates
>> be managed?
>>
>> Have another tab in the notebook widget like this:
>>
>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>> ------------
>>  []  []  []  []
>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>> ------------
>>
>>           [Favorites | Text | Slideshow | spreadsheet]
>>
>> Recents ------------------------------**--------------
>>
>> Template1  Template2  Template3
>>
>
> Frankly, I wouldn't use a separate tab, simply because a user looking for
> his favorite slideshow template won't want to use a tab where document,
> spreadsheet, and slideshow templates are mixed together. Instead, I would
> have a "Favorites" and a "Recent" category for each filetype, each 
spanning
> a single row.
>

That sounds reasonable. The 'recent'-category wouldn't show up in the
edit mode, then.

Regards,

Alex



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